APA for Psychology @HACC Fall 2014

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*APA Made Easy

*What is APA Style?

*Style of the American Psychological Association

*System for Referencing Sources

*Used in the Social Sciences

*Shows your Credibility

*Shows Accountability

*Protects you from Accusation of Plagiarism

*Using APA style

*Format of the paper

*References

*Using in-text citations

Format

*General Format

*Title Page:

*Page Header/Running Head

*Running head: TITLE OF THE PAPER(abbreviated title) - <50 characters incl. spacing & punctuation

*Running page numbers beginning on cover page, flushed Right

*General Format

*Title Page:

*Centered on the page

*Title- upper & lowercase letters (<12 words & no abbreviations)

*Author’s Name

*Affiliation- Course, Name of your Instructor, & Location of your research

References

*References

*Lists all the works mentioned within your text

*Alphabetical by author’s last name

*Hanging indent - First line is flush left, all others are indented 1/2”

*Double spaced, 12-pt., Times New Roman

*Book Entry

Author, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.Location: Publisher.

Shotton, M. A. (1989). Computer addition? A study of computer dependency. London, England: Taylor & Francis.

Journal Article Electronic with DOI

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication).Title of article. Title of Journal, volume (issue), pages of article. doi:xxxx.

Herbst-Damm, K. L. & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225.

Journal Article Electronic without DOI

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication).Title of article. Title of Journal, volume (issue), pages of article. Retrieved from xxxxx.

Sillick, T. J., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate

between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48. Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php.ejap.

Dos*Capitalize the first word

of the title and subtitle

* Italicize the titles of long works

*2 authors in the signal phrase or in the parenthesis- “and” and “&”

Don’ts*Do not use quotation

marks around titles of articles or short works

*Do not rearrange order of multiple authors

*Reference List Basic Rules

Using APA

In-Text Citations

*Incorporating Sources

*Paraphrase and summarize

*Must include 2 elements

*Author’s last name

*Year of publication

*Use quotations sparingly

*Include parenthetical citations

*In-Text Citations – One Author

*Note the author’s last name and year of publication

Kessler (2003) found that among epidemiological samples…

Early onset results in a more persistent and severe course (Kessler, 2003).

*In-Text Citations - Direct Quotes

Interpreting these results, Robbins et al. (2003) suggested that the “therapists in dropout cases may have inadvertently validated parental negativity about the adolescent without adequately responding to the adolescent’s needs or concerns” (p. 541), contributing to an overall climate of negativity.

* In-Text Citations – Multiple Authors

*When a work has two authors, cite both names in every reference

Basu and Jones (2007) state…

*When a work has 3 to 5 authors -

Kisangau, Lyaruu, Hoseau, and Joseph… [first reference in paper]

Kisangau et al. (1998) concluded…. [subsequent references in paper]

*Exceptions to In-Text Citations

*No page? Use the paragraph number (i.e., para 4).

*No author? Use the shortened title.

*Special Circumstances

*See something unfamiliar? Look it up.

*Unsure of the proper format? Look it up.

Remember

APA style is always changing!

*For More Information

*“Citing Sources” on your course LibGuide

*Purdue University’s OWL -owl.english.purdue.edu

*Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.

*The Learning Center

References

Concise rules of APA style. (2009). Washington,

DC: American Psychological Association.