In-text citations
What is the correct way to cite the following 3 works in a parenthetical citation?
A paper by Albus Dumbledore published in 1412
A book by Severus Snape published in 1988
A paper by H. Potter and H. Granger published in 2001
(Dumbledore, 1412; Potter & Granger, 2001; Snape, 1988)
Scales and measures used in your study go in this section.
What is the Method section?
Which is correct?
Sixteen participants refused to complete the study.
16 participants refused to complete the study.
Sixteen participants refused to complete the study. (When a sentence begins with a number, spell it out.)
How many lines of spacing go between a header and a paragraph?
Only one line of spacing goes between a header and the paragraph.
How do you capitalize the title of a journal article in the reference section?
On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit
On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit
ON THE RECEPTION AND DETECTION OF PSEUDO-PROFOUND BULLSHIT
on the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit
On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit
(known as sentence case)
Dr. Evil is the first-author on a paper published in 1998 with 5 other authors (6 authors in total). How would you cite this article the first time you cite it in the body of your paper?
Evil et al. (1998)
(Evil et al., 1998)
The running head appears on this page and only this page.
What is page 1?
Which is correct?
Participants completed 2 rounds of the game.
Participants completed two rounds of the game.
Participants completed two rounds of the game. (Numbers less than 10 should be spelled out. See APA p. 111)
Margins on an APA paper
What is 1-inch all around?
The type of indentation used in the References section.
What is a hanging indentation?
Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter published a paper in 2001 in the journal Spells and Potions. The first time this citation appears in the body of your paper, it should be...
Granger, Weasley, and Potter (2001)
or
(Granger, Weasley, & Potter, 2001)
What appears in the line before the first line of the abstract?
Abstract
(Bonus: Is it centered or flush left?)
Which is correct?
Music affects our mood.
Music effects our mood.
Music affects our mood. (Affect is a verb. Effect is a noun. Affect can also be a noun, for instance when referring to positive affect.)
Font and size of all text in an APA paper
What is 12-point Times New Roman?
Identify the type of reference:
Hancock, J. T. (2009). Digital deception: Why, why and how people lie online. In A. N. Joinson, K. Y. A. McKenna, T. Postmes, & U. Reips (Eds.), Oxford handbook of internet psychology (pp. 289–301). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
(Note: This is not indented properly.)
What is a book chapter?
You want to cite a 2015 article by Kate McLean and Moin Syed in the body of your paper. Which of the following is/are correct?
K. McLean & M. Syed (2015) found that identity development is a social process.
McLean and Syed (2015) found that identity development is a social process.
McLean & Syed (2015) found that identity development is a social process.
Identity development is a social process (McLean & Syed, 2015).
Identity development is a social process (McLean and Syed, 2015).
McLean and Syed (2015) found that identity development is a social process.
Identity development is a social process (McLean & Syed, 2015).
Is the References section in an APA paper the same as an annotated bibliography?
No.
Which sentence is better and why?
Decision-making is influenced by emotions.
Emotions influence decision-making.
Emotions influence decision-making. (active voice)
Where does the title of your paper go on Page 1 of your document?
Top of the page, centered
Middle of the page, centered
Top of the page, flushed left
Middle of the page, flushed left
Middle of the page, centered
Which is the correct way to include a digital object identifier?
DOI:10.1089/cpb.2007.0132
doi:10.1089/cpb.2007.0132
https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.2007.0132
doi:10.1089/cpb.2007.0132
Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter published a paper in 2001 in the journal Spells and Potions. The second time this citation appears in the body of your paper, it should be...
Granger et al. (2001)
or
(Granger et al., 2001)
List the sections of an APA manuscript in the order they appear.
(Title page)
Abstract
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
References
A scientist must avoid letting his own expectations influence his results.
How can this sentence be better?
Scientists must avoid letting their own expectations influence their results.
When do you begin a new page for a new section?
Only for the introduction and references. All other sections follow continuously after the previous section.
For references that are journal articles, what do you italicize?
journal name
journal name and volume number
journal name, volume number, and issue number
journal name, volume number, issue number, and page numbers
journal name and volume number