Summer 2026
New in Achieve
- Foundational Skills Modules (AI ethics, AI basics, note-taking, time management, using APA style and reading research). Assignable modules to help remediate core skills that you may not be able to fit into class time.
- Data Literacy Activities (visual data, ethics, methods, statistics). Five new modules paired with the five existing modules allow these important skills to be assigned and assessed inside Achieve.
- AI-Enabled Guided Reading - Transforms textbook reading into an assignable interactive learning experience where students explain concepts in their own words and receive personalized, real-time feedback. By turning reading into a guided conversation, it builds deeper understanding and engagement without adding instructor workload.
- AI-Enabled Guided Quiz Review - Helps students focus on mastering concepts rather than guessing, delivering personalized formative feedback between quiz attempts. By guiding students through their learning journey, it strengthens understanding and improves performance—without adding extra work for instructors.
- Short-Form Writing Tool Turn virtually any content—a video, webpage, PDF, policy document, article, or other source—into a short, meaningful writing assignment in minutes. Built-in AI helps instructors create or refine the prompt, instantly generate a clear rubric, and evaluate student submissions against that rubric.
- Late Night Lectures with Professor Steve Ross—short, humorous, and engaging concept videos. Five NEW videos added in Summer of 2026 covering: History of Psychology, Experiments, Neurotransmitters, Attribution, and Study Tips.
August 2025 Update - New Data Literacy Activities Launched
Prepare Students for Research, Careers, and Beyond with Data Literacy
In psychology and the social sciences, data literacy is no longer optional—it’s foundational. From APA standards to employer expectations, the ability to read, analyze, and interpret data—all with ethically-sound research processes—is a core competency for today’s students.
Our Data Literacy Activities are designed to support your curriculum by targeting the five essential skill areas identified in both educational and workplace research:
- Let’s Take a Look!: Visual Displays of Data – Helps students confidently interpret charts, tables, and visual data
- How’d You Do That?: Methods in Psychological Research – Teaches when and how to apply different research approaches
- Why, Why, Why?: Quantitative versus Qualitative Research – Clarifies these core concepts and their practical uses
- Chart It, Sort It, Spot It!: Descriptive Statistics – Reinforces statistical thinking in an accessible way
- They Did Not!: Ethics in Psychological Research – Emphasizes responsible data use, aligned with APA ethics codes
These skills not only support degree requirements and APA guidelines, but also help boost the basic data skills that employers expect from day one.
Integrate data literacy into your course with ready-to-use, targeted content that complements your teaching and promotes student readiness—for research, for graduate study, and for the job market. Support your students with the skills that matter. Let’s build data fluency—together.
Spring 2025 Update
New AI skills modules! Achieve features two new interactive activities geared toward giving students a hands-on understanding of artificial intelligence, including responsible usage and ways to ethically incorporate AI into their course work. An instructor guide (in PDF) is also available.
New content in the Fourth Edition:
- Updated terminology throughout aligns with DSM-V-TR and APA, as well as with Macmillan Learning’s comprehensive DEI guidelines.
- New separate chapter 10 on Sexuality and Gender – also with essential yet integrated coverage of this area in the Human Development, Motivation, and Emotion chapters for those who do not require a more extensive discussion.
- Completely new and re-imagined digital Infographics and Your Scientific World activities provide fresh everyday examples and connections that make concepts resonate with learners.
New in Achieve:
- New Skills Activities based on feedback from Intro Psych instructors are now in Achieve to help students refine core skills like: How to Read a Syllabus, How to Manage Your Time, How to Use APA Style, How to Take Notes, and How to Read a Research Article – as well as save instructors valuable teaching time covering these topics!
- New chapter! Industrial/Organizational Psychology chapter (Achieve-only) — with specific discussions of the psychological impact of COVID-19 and how remote working has changed the workplace.
- Expanded Introductory Psychology Video Collection (with classic and contemporary footage, plus original footage) has over 100 new clips (over 200 total videos). The new videos include topics like Alzheimer’s, CTE, prejudice and bias, advances in therapy and therapeutic approaches, scientific methodology, and APA’s Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI). Each segment is assignable and assessable, with results reporting directly to the Achieve gradebook.
