Open Educational Resources: Psychology

Created and curated by Professor Bill Pelz at Herkimer College / SUNY and is provided under a Creative Commons license.

"This textbook presents core concepts common to introductory courses. The 15 units cover the traditional areas of intro-to-psychology; ranging from biological aspects of psychology to psychological disorders to social psychology."

Learning Statistics with R covers the contents of an introductory statistics class, as typically taught to undergraduate psychology students, focusing on the use of the R statistical software.

This textbook introduces the idea of lifespan development from a psychological perspective.

Designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course.

Developed for OpenStax CNX.

Provides standard introduction to psychology course content with a specific emphasis on biological aspects of psychology.

Presents core concepts common to introductory social psychology courses. The 8 units include 27 modules covering key social psych topics such as research methods, group processes, social influence, and relationships.

Collection of public domain works on psychology from the 19th and 20th centuries.

30 courses on psychology and mental health.

Close to 50 courses.

10 courses on psychology.

2 courses available.

Help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home.

Diagrams and resources on the brain.

Easy to understand videos on psychology created with support from PBS.

Free podcasts covering important ideas in psychology. Ideas include: philosophy of psychology, science of psychology, scientific method, consciousness, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, memory, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and so much more.

Podcasts that range from 10 minutes to 45 minutes in length that talks about Psychology in every day life.

Downloadable demonstrations.