Versioning History
NSCC Edition
Hierarchical tagging revised to meet accessibility standards.
BCCampus
- 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
Tracking Changes
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| Version | Date | Change | Details |
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| 1.00 | October 17, 2014 | Added book to B.C. Open Textbook Collection. | |
| 2.00 | January 17, 2017 | Book edited for accessibility. | Substantial edits were done to make this book conform to web accessibility standards. These edits include things like adding and editing things like alt tags, long descriptions, headings, link text, and table markup. |
| 2.01 | March 20, 2018 | Corrected licence type in chapters 2 and 16 from CC BY to CC BY-NC-SA | |
| 2.02 | May 28, 2019 | Updated broken link. | The link to the “Why Einstein’s Brain?” reference in Chapter 4.3 was replaced with an updated link. |
| 2.03 | June 11, 2019 | Updated the book’s theme. | The styles of this book have been updated, which may affect the page numbers of the PDF and print copy. |
| 2.04 | January 16, 2020 | Error corrected and the book’s Front Matter updated. |
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| 2.05 | December 15, 2021 | Updated language. | In chapters 7, 10, and 13, language was updated to either replace or contextualize the outdated and offensive use of “mental retardation.” When replaced, intellectual disability is used instead. |
