Formatting
The name given to the type of formatting used within a reference list.
What is Hanging?
The main reason why sources are cited in a paper.
What is Giving Authors Credit for their Work?
The symbol that precedes the name of the last author in a reference.
What is Ampersand (&)?
The latest edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual.
What is 7th?
The number of opportunities given to pass the APA assessment in the MAN 4932 Professional Seminar course.
What is Two?
The name of the type of paragraphs used in APA Style.
What is Indented?
The appearance of different letters by the publication year (e.g., 2000a, 2000b, 2000c) for in-text citations with identical author(s).
What is Multiple Sources with the Same Author(s)?
The name given to the heading of a list of references.
What is References?
The type of line spacing used in APA Style.
What is double spacing?
A type of heading that is formatted so that it is centered, bolded, and in title case.
What is a Level 1 Heading?
When used in a paper, the writer is required to add the page(s) or paragraph(s) from where the information was obtained.
What is Direct Quotes?
The order in which authors are arranged in a reference list.
What is Alphabetical?
A punctuation used to indicate a sudden interruption in the continuity of a sentence.
What is a Dash?
One of the three source types (books, personal communication, journal articles) that is cited in a paper, but not included in a reference list.
What is Personal Communication?
A type of heading that is formatted so that it is flush with the left margin, bolded, and in title case.
What is a Level 2 Heading?
The term used to describe an author when the name of a person is not attributed to the source, and the source was published on an organization's website.
What is Corporate Author (or Group Author)?
The phrase in "square brackets" that follows the title of a YouTube video in a reference.
What is Video file?
The name given to the order of presenting key points within sections, paragraphs, and sentences (e.g., the use of numbering and bullets).
What is Seriation?
The accepted font type AND font size for papers submitted in the HSA program.
What is Times New Romans, 12 Point Font?
The number of inches a Level 3 heading is indented from the left margin of a paper.
What is 0.5?
The minimum number of authors of a source when the last name of the first author is followed by et al. throughout a paper.
What is Six?
The title of one source from the following (web article, newspaper article, and book) that is italicized and in sentence case format.
What is Book?
The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate sources.
What is Anthropomorphism?
Although the course textbook is the APA Style 6th edition, you are expected to learn how to cite and reference sources with a different edition.
What is APA Style 7.0?
The appearance of pp. in an in-text citation.
What is Page Range?
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What is Multiple Page Numbers?
A citation in a paper with a publication year (n.d.-a) infers the following two things about the source:
What is 1) No Date and 2) Multiple Sources with the Same Author?
The author component of a reference with ellipses (...) between the sixth and last authors' names.
What is a Source with More than Seven Authors?
A word used to describe a process where writers use additional words or phrases in an effort to be emphatic.
What is Redundant?
The type of formatting for the following sentence:
The man went to the kitchen for a snack.
What is Sentence Case?
An in-text citation using the title of an article in quotes.
What is a Source with No Author?