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Applied Developmental Systems Science
Skinner, Kindermann, & Roeser · Portland State University
In the contents: 18.07: Does the field of psychology have meta-theories · 23.02: What are we talking about now Have we left the realm of psychology and landed in philosophy · 25.04: What are some examples of emergence in psychology
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Introduction to General Chemistry
Muhammad Arif Malik · Hampton University
The purpose of this book is to teach introductory concepts of chemistry to undergraduates in one semester, assuming no prior knowledge of chemistry. It is intended for health sciences, like pre-nursing, psychology, kinesiology, and non-science majors. This book will hopefully give enough knowledge to prepare the students to understand basic chemistry used in their professional subjects, take additional chemistry courses if needed and appreciate the impact of chemistry in everyday life.
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Applied Event-Related Potential Data Analysis
Steven J Luck · University of California, Davis
The purpose of this book is to provide you with a practical overview of the data processing operations that are used to extract the ERPs from the EEG. This includes preprocessing operations that reduce noise and artifacts, the signal averaging operation at the core of extracting the ERPs, and the postprocessing operations that are used to convert the ERP waveforms into a small set of variables for statistical analysis.
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The Science of Sleep
Sheryl Shook · Kapi'olani Community College
The Science of Sleep teaches us the vital importance of sleep and how it determines our mental and physical health. It explores the neuroscience of sleep and cultural, social, and political aspects of how people view sleep and are affected by sleep.
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Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry
Muhammad Arif Malik · Hampton University
This book aims to teach undergraduates introductory concepts of organic and biochemistry in one semester, assuming introductory general chemistry knowledge. It is intended for health sciences, like pre-nursing, psychology, kinesiology, and non-science majors. This book will hopefully provide enough knowledge to prepare the students to understand basic organic and biochemistry used in their professional subjects and appreciate the impact of chemistry in everyday life. Homework is associated.
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Personality Theory in a Cultural Context
Mark D. Kelland · Lansing Community College
In the contents: 1.03: Personality as a Discipline within the Field of Psychology · 2.02: Cultural Studies in the Field of Psychology · 4.03: Adler's Individual Psychology
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Lifespan Development A Psychological Perspective
Martha Lally & Suzanne Valentine-French · College of Lake County
Developmental Psychology, also known as Human Development or Lifespan Development, is the scientific study of ways in which people change, as well as stay the same, from conception to death. You will no doubt discover in the course of studying that the field examines change across a broad range of topics. These include physical and other psychophysiological processes, cognition, language, and psychosocial development, including the impact of family and peers.
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Naming the Unnameable - An Approach to Poetry for New Generations
Michelle Bonczek Evory · Western Michigan University
Michelle Bonczek Evory's text offers practical advice and strategies for developing a writing process that is centered on play and supported by an understanding of America's rich literary traditions. With consideration to the psychology of invention, Evory provides students with exercises aimed to make writing in its early stages a form of play that gives way to more enriching insights through revision and embracing the writing of poetry as both a love of language.
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An Introduction to Psychological Statistics
Garett Foster · University of Missouri St. Lousi
We are constantly bombarded by information, and finding a way to filter that information in an objective way is crucial to surviving this onslaught with your sanity intact. This is what statistics, and logic we use in it, enables us to do. Through the lens of statistics, we learn to find the signal hidden in the noise when it is there and to know when an apparent trend or pattern is really just randomness.
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Our Lives - An Ethnic Studies Primer
Guadalupe Capozzi, Silas Cha, & Daryl Johnson · CC ECHO
This book is an introduction or primer to ethnic studies and is not a complete or comprehensive review of the literature. We identified and included major concepts, theories, perspectives, and voices in ethnic studies with research from anthropology, history, political science, psychology, and sociology to offer an inclusive approach for critical inquiry.
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Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders
Alexis Bridley and Lee W. Daffin Jr. · Washington State University
In the contents: 01: What is Abnormal Psychology · 02: Models of Abnormal Psychology
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Critical Thinking
Andrew Gurevich · Mt Hood Community College
Using a combination of the newest findings in hemispheric science, neuropsychology, and brain development, along with the long-established rhetorical algorithms for analyzing the structure of arguments, this course explores the boundaries of critical and creative thinking in pursuit of developing a clearer and more robust model for the construction and deconstruction of various forms of argument.
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The Whole Child: Development in the Early Years (Budzyna and Buckley)
Deirdre Budzyna and Doris Buckley · Northern Essex Community College
The Whole Child is a textbook for Child Psychology or Child Growth and Development that is both comprehensive and concise. Students do not need a lengthy volume to digest, but they do need a strong understanding of how a young child develops. Only with this understanding can developmentally appropriate practice emerge in the classroom and in other places that are loving and caring spaces for young children.
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The Meaning of Love
Richard Garlikov · Troy University
This book explores the philosophical views on the meaning of love. The text explores a variety of topics used to define love, including attraction, relationship satisfaction, emotional, and ethical considerations. The author takes a rational, logical, analytic, and scrutinizing look at experiences and other forms of literature on the subject of love.
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Psychological Adjustment
Tori Kearns & Debra Lee · East Georgia State College
In the contents: 02: Theories of Humanistic and Personality Psychology · 06: Positive Psychology's Approach to Wellness
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The Grim Educator
Cathryn van Kessel · University of Alberta
This site is for educators (and anyone else) who may be interested in the ways that death and evil shape how we interact with others and shape our world.By engaging with the ideas of Hannah Arendt and Ernest Becker, as well as borrowing from terror management theory (TMT) in social psychology, we hope to provoke thinking about how our conscious and unconscious approaches to evil and death impact education (and our lives).We hope to update this site regularly with new ideas and lessons, so keep c
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A Cognitive Perspective on Emotion
Mark Pettinelli · Northeastern University
Some things in life cause people to feel, these are called emotional reactions. Some things in life cause people to think, these are sometimes called logical or intellectual reactions. Thus life is divided between things that make you feel and things that make you think. The question is, if someone is feeling, does that mean that they are thinking less? It probably does. If part of your brain is being occupied by feeling, then it makes sense that you have less capacity for thought.
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Dress, Appearance, and Diversity in U.S. Society (Reddy-Best, Elder and Hassall)
Kelly L. Reddy-Best, Abbey K Elder, and Lesya Hassall · Iowa State University
This book introduces topics about identity, dress, and the body. Through the content, readers explore how individuals and communities use dress as a way to communicate (i.e. “negotiate” in fashion studies) their various identities. There is heightened attention to social justice, power, privilege, and oppression. That is, the content focuses on the experiences of historically marginalized communities and the ways they navigate dress and dressing their bodies in different contexts.
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Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships
Jason Wrench; Narissra Punyanunt-Carter; Katherine Thweatt · Milne Open Textbooks · 2025
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships helps readers examine their own one-on-one communicative interactions using a mindfulness lens. The writing team of Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine Thweatt incorporates the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions. The 14 chapters in this book cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course: family interactions, interpersonal dynamics, language, listening, nonverbal communication, and romantic relationships, as well as exploring emerging areas such as self-compassion, body positivity, friendships, and “the dark side”. The writing takes on a purposefully informal tone to engage readers. Each chapter is broken into different sections that have unique instructional outcomes, key takeaways, and exercises, and concludes with real-world case studies and sample quiz questions. Also included is an extensive glossary with over 350 definitions.
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Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
Susan Tyler · University of Arkansas · 2020
That’s what we are here to find out – Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) – How do they connect? How does it shape us? Why do we think and feel the way we do? This will be explored throughout this course by examining human behavior throughout life stage developments and our interactions with the social environment. This course will explore theoretical perspectives in Social Work to help provide a foundation for organizing thoughts about client needs and issues they are seeking supports for. Theories will then be connected to important developmental, social, and cultural issues that present throughout each stage of life to create an overall picture of a client’s experience and how we can use this information to have a better understanding of how people we work with are influenced and why. Knowledge of typical development in each stage of life will also inform the Social Worker if any other supports, resources, or services may be needed.