Executive Summary

The content for this textbook is from Openstax Psychology 2e. This text was uploaded from Openstax into Pressbooks by Julie Lazzara on 6-25-2020. The 1st Maricopa Edition of the text was remixed in April 2021 as a part of a MOD Press Grant to meet Maricopa’s Course Competencies for PSY 101 and to be considered for the Gold Seal Quality Assurance. The book cover was designed was by Sam Fraulino with the image nature butterfly by cocoparisienne is licensed under a CC0 license.

In January 2025, this book was revised to incorporate the new MCCCD course competencies, effective in Fall 2025. The chapters in the book were also reorganized to align to the MCCCD official course outline. Chapter numbers are intentionally left off, so faculty have increased freedom to move around chapters as they teach them. The errata for Openstax Psychology 2e was also reviewed and additional edits were made.

Enhancements and Revisions to the Original Openstax Psychology 2e Text

• Updated DEI Alignment
• Updated UDL Alignment
• Chapters were rearranged to reflect the recommended MCCCD PSY 101 Course Outline
• MCCCD PSY 101 Course Competencies were added to each chapter
• All chapters were revised using APA 7th edition guidelines
• Minor typos and grammatical errors were corrected
• Interactive features were added using H5P
• Many of the H5P activities can be graded assignments using Pressbooks Results for LMS
• Direct links were added for the original openly licensed images and available at the end of each chapter
• Links to learning web pages and videos were checked for functionality, quality, and recentness. Some may have been omitted or replaced where necessary.

Final Product

Introduction to Psychology: 2nd Maricopa Edition 

Contact Information

Julie Lazzara: julie.lazzara@cgc.edu

 Introduction to Psychology: 1st Maricopa Edition was last updated as of July 12, 2021 and is no longer being maintained by the author.  Please use the 2nd Edition linked above.