The following provides examples of existing OER that can be used for the indicated courses. Please find all potential OER identified for the discipline at Open Educational Resources and Psychology. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Psychology TMC.
Required Core Courses
Introductory Psychology (C-ID PSY 110)
- Introduction to Psychology: Moving toward Diversity and Inclusion (McFarlane, Shi, Ramoo, and Yousef, 2024) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Introductory Psychology (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Introduction to Psychology (2019) by Jorden A. Cummings & Lee Sanders (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Psychology: The Science of Human Potential by Jeffrey Levy (CC-BY 4.0)
Introduction to Statistics (C-ID MATH 110)
See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Mathematics page.
- Statistics for Social Justice Studies (Blustein, et al., ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- OpenIntro Statistics (Diez, Barr, and Cetinkaya-Rundel) (CC BY-SA)
- Statistics Using Technology (Kozak) (CC BY-SA) – Coconino Community College website
- Introductory Statistics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Foundations in Statistical Reasoning (Kaslik) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA-NC)
Resources for Psychological Statistics/Statistics for the Social Sciences
- Elementary Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences (Oja, 2022) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA/CC BY-SA)
Worksheets for each chapter are in Canvas Commons under PSYC 2200. The author, Michelle Oja, is a California Community College faculty member. The licensing for this textbook changes based on the page (sub-section). As most of the textbook was modified from Foster et al. (2021), much of the textbook is CC BY-NC-SA. Most of the other authors’ work is licensed as CC BY-SA.
- Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences (Cote, Gordon, Randell, Schmitt and Marvin, 2023) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
This work was created as part of the University Libraries’ Open Educational Resources Initiative at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The contents of this work have been adapted from the following Open Access Resources:
- 1.) An Introduction to Psychological Statistics (https://irl.umsl.edu/oer/4/). Garett C. Foster, University of Missouri–St. Louis.
- 2.) Online Statistics Education: A Multimedia Course of Study (http://onlinestatbook.com/). Project Leader: David M. Lane, Rice University.https://umsystem.pressbooks.pub/isps/
- Recentering Psych Statistics (Bikos, 2024) – Open Textbook Library (CC BY-NC-SA)
Covering basic statistics to ANCOVA with a chapter on R applications. Each chapter has research vignettes to make the material more accessible. Note: One chapter with extensive information about using R.
- Introduction to Applied Statistics for Psychology Students by Gordon Sarty (Univ of Saskatchewan, 2022) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
This book is a latest version of a statistics book meant specifically for psychology students. It is embedded with SPSS examples and datasets – so it is only extremely useful if your campus has access to SPSS. There are several SPSS datasets included.
- Statistics Through an Equity Lens (Anthony, 2023) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
This OER has only 7 chapters but mindfully focuses on equity issues – including the role of diversity-related issues, power and oppression of historically marginalized groups of people. The book highlights topics related to these but also does so mindful of terms generally used to describe marginalized groups of people and how that translates to perceptions and inferences.
- Introduction to Statistics for Psychology (Beyer, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)
This is a pretty straightforward option for statistics written by a psychology professor. The 19 chapters cover everything from descriptive statistics through chapters on ANOVA, 2-Factor ANOVA, Linear Regression and Chi-squares. A final chapter on “Doing Reproducible Research” is an interesting addition to some of the controversies that plague field.
- Statistics with JASP: First Steps for Psychology Students (Denniss and Naneva) (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology (with or without lab) (PSY 200 or PSY 205B)
- Research Methods in Psychology (Dudley, 2026) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Research Methods in Psychology (Jhangiani, Chiang, Cuttler, and Leighton, 2019) – LibreTexts) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Research Methods for Psychology (T. L. Brink, 2018) (CC BY-NC-SA)
List A – Select one of:
Introduction to Biological Psychology (C-ID PSY 150)
- Biopsychology (ASCCC OERI, 2022 Draft) – LibreTexts (License varies)
- Psyc 310: Biological Psychology (Keys) – LibreTexts (Licenses vary)
- Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (OpenStax) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to Biological Psychology (Ferguson, 2024) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to Biological Psychology (Hall, 2023) – Pressbooks and LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
- Biological Psychology (Hove and Martinez, 2024) – ROTEL project (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Understanding Biological Behavior (First Edition) (Miguel) (Noba) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Psychology as a Biological Science by Peter Lindberg (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Introduction to Biology (No C-ID)
- General Biology BioSci 100 Laboratory Manual 4th Edition (Sanver-Wang, n.d.) – College of the Canyons (CC BY 4.0)
- Concepts of Biology (Fowler et al., 2013) – OpenStax (CC BY)
Human Biology (No C-ID)
List B – Select one of:
Any List A course not used above or any course that has articulation as lower division major preparation for the psychology major at a CSU.
Introduction to Human Sexuality (C-ID PSY 130)
Introduction to Social Psychology (C-ID PSY 170)
- An Introduction to Social Psychology (Thomas Edison State University and Diana Sanchez, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Principles of Social Psychology – 1st International Edition (Jhangiani and Tarry, 2023) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Together: The Science of Social Psychology (Variety of Authors) (Noba) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Introduction to Lifespan Psychology (C-ID PSY 180)
- Lifespan Human Development in Sociocultural Contexts: A Globally-Inclusive Approach (Pantoja Garvey, 2025) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Lifespan Development (Riser, Spielman, and Biek) (2024) – Openstax (CC-BY 4.0)
- Lifespan Development (Jennifer Ounjian, 2024) ( CC BY-NC-SA)
- Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective Fifth Edition (Lally and Valentine-French, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Human Growth and Development (Newton, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
- Psychology through the Lifespan (Alisa Beyer and Julie Lazzara, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Lifespan Development (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)
- Human Growth and Development Question Library (Cotter, Fisk and Grissett, 2018) – Galileo (CC BY-SA)
- Human Development (Callahan, Dose, Wright, Pace, Earl, and Nummerdor, 2020) – Georgia Highlands College (Varied Licenses)
List C – Select one of:
Any courses not selected above, any CSU transferable psychology courses, and/or other courses that are lower division preparation for the psychology major at a university – in or outside of the discipline.
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology (C-ID PSY 120)
- Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders, 3rd edition (Alexis Bridley and Lee Daffin, 2024) – Pressbooks (CC-BY-NC SA 4.0)
- Abnormal Psychology (Jorden Cummings, 2020) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to Abnormal Psychology (Raechel Soicher, 2022) – Noba project (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Abnormal Psychology (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)
- Ancillary materials for Abnormal Psychology (Sean Callahn, Elizabeth Ann Dose, Luba Ibrahim & Marla Means, 2022) – Open ALG Affordable Learning Georgia (CC BY-NC-SA)
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