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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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Introduction to African American Studies
Kiandra Jimenez et al. · ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI)
In the contents: 05: Black Psychology
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ED 101: Introduction to Education
Melanie A. Leaver · North Central Michigan College
In the contents: 4.04: Educational Psychology
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Child Development (Cummings-Clay)
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 4.05: Behavioral Psychology · 5.03: Cultural Psychology
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Human Aging: Biological Perspectives
Augustine G. DiGiovanna · Salisbury University
The intended audience for this book consists of students and other intelligent readers who have little or no background in science, particularly in biology. These individuals may want to learn about the biology of aging in humans for personal reasons or as part of their preparation for careers that involve working with older people, such as health care, sociology, social work, recreation, education, and psychology.
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Introduction to Human Services (Pearce et al.)
Elizabeth B. Pearce · Linn-Benton Community College
In the contents: 10.01: Community Psychology and Human Services
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High-Intermediate Academic Grammar for ESL Students
Rebecca Al Haider · Reedley College
In the contents: 01: Unit 1. Psychology
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PSY 100 Biddle
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In the contents: 01: Introduction to Psychology · 1.01: History of Psychology · 1.02: Psychology Today
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Introduction to Kinesiology
Weston Titus · Palomar College
In the contents: 1.14: Psychology and Sociology of Sport
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Behavioral Neuroscience
OpenStax · LibreTexts
Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience aligns to the topics and objectives of introductory behavioral neuroscience courses taught in psychology, biology, neuroscience, and similar departments. This offering is intended for undergraduates with no presumed college-level science coursework, and presents the foundational principles of brain-behavior-environment interactions.
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Human Development Life Span (NWTC)
LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.07: Lifespan Psychology
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Principles of Marketing
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
In the contents: 11.25: Reading- The Psychology of Pricing
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NUTRI 300: Nutrition
Jessica Coppola · Sacramento City College
This course offers an introduction to the science of nutrition, drawing on concepts and research from biology, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, and psychology to explore how nutrients interact with the human body. It examines the biological foundations of nutrient standards and investigates how nutrition, behavior, and physical activity influence health.
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BUS 320: Concepts in Personal Finance
Dipali Buch · Folsom Lake College
The BUS 320: Concepts in Personal Finance textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to managing personal finances, guiding students through financial planning, budgeting, taxes, credit, and consumer strategies while also addressing larger purchases such as homes and cars. It emphasizes risk management through insurance, retirement, and estate planning, and integrates behavioral finance to show how psychology affects decision-making and market behavior.
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Intro to Stats in the Social Sciences (MPC)
Adrianne Kotecki · Monterey Peninsula College
In the contents: 1.03: Statistics in Psychology