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Cengage’s Learning Platform Courses: Designed to help you connect psychology concepts to real-world practice

Trusted content, flexible teaching options and AI-powered tools enhance your psychology courses, helping you connect your lessons to the real world. With customizable pathways, seamless LMS integration and real-time insights, our learning platforms help you support your students today, while preparing them for what comes next.

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MindTap is Cengage’s Learning Platform to support psychology education

MindTap Courses for Psychology provide an instructor-guided approach with tools like Mastery Training, Learn Its and Research in the Real World. Students can build knowledge, think critically and apply psychological concepts in personal and professional contexts.

In My Life labs immerse students in mock research experiences to reinforce key concepts.

Mastery Training uses spaced repetition to reinforce terms and strengthen critical thinking.

Research in the Real World activities connect psychological concepts to daily life and professional contexts.

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Content from leading psychology authors

Cengage’s psychology authors are among the most respected voices in the field. Their deep expertise shapes the high-quality content in our psychology courses to help your students build a strong foundation and mastery of complex concepts.

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Interactivity takes center stage with In My Life labs

Available in Introduction to Psychology, In My Life labs help learners absorb key concepts through a mock research experience.

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Make every chapter even more meaningful

Why Does This Matter to Me? is a chapter‑opening feature, preparing students for deeper understanding as they move through the psychology course. It gives them a clear reason to see the relevance of each topic in their own lives.

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Student Assistant

Available in select MindTap courses for Psychology, our AI-powered Student Assistant is trained with input from faculty and students and built on exclusive Cengage content. It guides learners through critical thinking, while maintaining accuracy, privacy and full alignment with the psychology course materials you assign.

“MindTap has high-quality content, focuses on current research and is learner-centered.”

— Bimpe Diji, Ph.D., Psychology Instructor

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Explore psychology courses

Discover the latest psychology teaching tools and interactive content featured in your MindTap Courses, including introductory psychology and human development, to guide your students’ learning experience.

Introduction to Psychology

Provide your students with a solid foundation to excel in psychology. Our introductory psychology content and MindTap courses offer essential knowledge and support while addressing skill gaps and reinforcing core competencies.

Lifespan/Human Development

Give your students the MindTap courses and trusted content they need to build a strong understanding of human development, including adult development and aging, while helping them close readiness gaps.

Psychopathology

Equip your students with trusted content and MindTap resources for child psychopathology and childhood disorders to help them better understand key concepts and apply them to their studies.

FAQs for psychology courses and MindTap

Want to know how MindTap works, which psychology courses are available, and how our AI-powered tools support your psychology teaching? Here are answers to the questions psychology instructors ask most.

To create a MindTap Course for Psychology, you will need to first sign into your account. After that, you can create a course by following these steps

MindTap Courses for Psychology provides a guided learning experience to help students become career-ready through engaging, relevant and real-world application. Psychology teaching tools, case-study activities and AI-powered support connect psychology to real life, making complex concepts accessible. 

Find a variety of MindTap training guides, including information on Mastery Training, in addition to video tutorials, webinars and other helpful training resources and tools to make the most of your psychology courses. Explore our MindTap training resources.

Absolutely. Contact a Cengage representative to request a demo of MindTap, or create an account to access demos for specific MindTap Courses, including psychology courses.