Introduction to Psychology - 1st Canadian Edition
,Introduction to Psychology - 1st Canadian Edition
Charles Stangor
Jennifer Walinga
,Unless otherwise noted, Introduction to Psychology – 1st Canadian Edition is (c) 2010 Charles Stangor. The textbook content was produced by
Charles Stangor and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, except for the
following changes and additions, which are (c) 2014 Jennifer Walinga, and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Interna-
tional License .
The following changes were made to this book as a whole:
• Canadian spellings were used
• Imperial measurements were changed to metric
• Added or changed content and references to reflect a Canadian perspective
• Where appropriate, changed images to reflect Canadian specific content and references
• Replaced copyrighted images with openly licensed images; if no replacement found, copyrighted images were
removed.
• For most existing videos, videos were embedded and QR codes added
Chapter 2: NEW
• Introduction to Major Perspectives
Chapter 3:
• Replaced “Consent Form: Interactions” with “Sample Research Consent Form”
• Replaced “APA Guidelines on Human Care and Use of Animals in Research” with the Canadian Psychological
Association guidelines
Chapter 6:
• Replaced National Sleep Foundation guidelines with those from the Canadian Sleep Society
Chapter 9:
• Added Thomas Sophonow and Michael Kliman examples to opening case study about Jennifer Thompson
• Replaced States and Capital Cities table with Provinces and Capital Cities
• Added Kent Cochrane example to section on severe amnesia
• Added Gold Mountain Blues copyright case
Chapter 10:
• Added Vingilis-Jeremko & Vingilis 2006 researcher on gender differences in STEM performance to opening
case study
• Expanded section on bilingualism to include Canadian relevance
Chapter 11:
• Added Gavin England story to opening case study
Chapter 12:
• Changed text and images to Canadian content in Psychology in Everyday Life: Leaders and Leadership text box
Chapter 13:
• Added information on Romeo Dallaire to PSTD section
, Chapter 14:
• Replaced ethical principles by the American Psychological Association with those from the Canadian
Counselling and Psychotherapy Association in the Psychology in Everyday Life text box
Chapter 15:
• Sam Spady opening case study replaced with Jonathan Andrews story
• Research Focus: The Culture of Honour was rewritten with an international perspective
Chapter 16 – NEW
• Stress, Health, and Coping
Under the terms of the CC-BY license, you are free to copy, redistribute, modify or adapt this book as long as you provide attribution. Addi-
tionally, if you redistribute this textbook, in whole or in part, in either a print or digital format, then you must retain on every physical and/
or electronic page the following attribution:
Download this book for free at http://open.bccampus.ca
For questions regarding this license, please contact . To learn more about B.C. Open Textbook project, visit
http://open.bccampus.ca
Cover image: Another hand mirror reflection by Frank Kovalchek used under a CC-BY 2.0 license .
Introduction to Psychology - 1st Canadian Edition by Charles Stangor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted
,Introduction to Psychology - 1st Canadian Edition
Charles Stangor
Jennifer Walinga
,Unless otherwise noted, Introduction to Psychology – 1st Canadian Edition is (c) 2010 Charles Stangor. The textbook content was produced by
Charles Stangor and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, except for the
following changes and additions, which are (c) 2014 Jennifer Walinga, and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Interna-
tional License .
The following changes were made to this book as a whole:
• Canadian spellings were used
• Imperial measurements were changed to metric
• Added or changed content and references to reflect a Canadian perspective
• Where appropriate, changed images to reflect Canadian specific content and references
• Replaced copyrighted images with openly licensed images; if no replacement found, copyrighted images were
removed.
• For most existing videos, videos were embedded and QR codes added
Chapter 2: NEW
• Introduction to Major Perspectives
Chapter 3:
• Replaced “Consent Form: Interactions” with “Sample Research Consent Form”
• Replaced “APA Guidelines on Human Care and Use of Animals in Research” with the Canadian Psychological
Association guidelines
Chapter 6:
• Replaced National Sleep Foundation guidelines with those from the Canadian Sleep Society
Chapter 9:
• Added Thomas Sophonow and Michael Kliman examples to opening case study about Jennifer Thompson
• Replaced States and Capital Cities table with Provinces and Capital Cities
• Added Kent Cochrane example to section on severe amnesia
• Added Gold Mountain Blues copyright case
Chapter 10:
• Added Vingilis-Jeremko & Vingilis 2006 researcher on gender differences in STEM performance to opening
case study
• Expanded section on bilingualism to include Canadian relevance
Chapter 11:
• Added Gavin England story to opening case study
Chapter 12:
• Changed text and images to Canadian content in Psychology in Everyday Life: Leaders and Leadership text box
Chapter 13:
• Added information on Romeo Dallaire to PSTD section
, Chapter 14:
• Replaced ethical principles by the American Psychological Association with those from the Canadian
Counselling and Psychotherapy Association in the Psychology in Everyday Life text box
Chapter 15:
• Sam Spady opening case study replaced with Jonathan Andrews story
• Research Focus: The Culture of Honour was rewritten with an international perspective
Chapter 16 – NEW
• Stress, Health, and Coping
Under the terms of the CC-BY license, you are free to copy, redistribute, modify or adapt this book as long as you provide attribution. Addi-
tionally, if you redistribute this textbook, in whole or in part, in either a print or digital format, then you must retain on every physical and/
or electronic page the following attribution:
Download this book for free at http://open.bccampus.ca
For questions regarding this license, please contact . To learn more about B.C. Open Textbook project, visit
http://open.bccampus.ca
Cover image: Another hand mirror reflection by Frank Kovalchek used under a CC-BY 2.0 license .
Introduction to Psychology - 1st Canadian Edition by Charles Stangor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted
