Apa Style Analysis
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APA Style Essentials http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/detail.aspx?doc_id=796 Last modified August 1, 2007
Douglas Degelman, Ph.D., and Martin Lorenzo Harris, Ph.D.
Vanguard University of Southern California
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., 2001) provides a comprehensive reference guide to writing using APA style, organization, and content. To order a copy of the Publication
Manual online, go to http://www.apa.org/books/4200060.html. To view "PDF" documents referenced on this
APA Style Essentials page, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the free Acrobat Reader, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. The purpose of this document is to provide a common …show more content…
This Web document is itself not a model of APA style. For an example of a complete article formatted according to APA style, go to http://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedfiles/faculty/ddegelman/prayer.pdf. For an example of an undergraduate research proposal, go to http://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedfiles/faculty/ddegelman/psychproposal.pdf. To download a Microsoft Word template of an APA-style paper, go to http://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedFiles/Faculty/DDegelman/psychapa.doc.
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General Document Guidelines
Margins: One inch on all sides (top, bottom, left, right)
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Font Size and Type: 12-pt. font (Times Roman or Courier are acceptable typefaces)
Line Spacing: Double-space throughout the paper, including the title page, abstract, body of the document, …show more content…
E. (n.d.). Notable people in psychology of religion. Retrieved August 3, 2001, from http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/psyrelpr.htm
5. Stand-alone Web document (no author, no date)
Gender and society. (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2001, from http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html 6. Journal article from database
Hien, D., & Honeyman, T. (2000). A closer look at the drug abuse-maternal aggression link. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15, 503-522. Retrieved May 20, 2000, from
ProQuest database.
7. Abstract from secondary database
Garrity, K., & Degelman, D. (1990). Effect of server introduction on restaurant tipping.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 168-172. Abstract retrieved July 23, 2001, from PsycINFO database.
8. Journal article, Internet-only journal
Bergen, D. (2002, Spring). The role of pretend play in children 's cognitive development. Early
Childhood Research & Practice, 4(1). Retrieved February 1, 2004, from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n1/bergen.html 9. Article or chapter in an edited book
Shea, J. D. (1992). Religion and sexual adjustment. In J. F. Schumaker (Ed.), Religion and mental health (pp. 70-84). New York: Oxford University Press.
10. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
APA Style Essentials http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/detail.aspx?doc_id=796 Last modified August 1, 2007
Douglas Degelman, Ph.D., and Martin Lorenzo Harris, Ph.D.
Vanguard University of Southern California
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed., 2001) provides a comprehensive reference guide to writing using APA style, organization, and content. To order a copy of the Publication
Manual online, go to http://www.apa.org/books/4200060.html. To view "PDF" documents referenced on this
APA Style Essentials page, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the free Acrobat Reader, go to http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. The purpose of this document is to provide a common …show more content…
This Web document is itself not a model of APA style. For an example of a complete article formatted according to APA style, go to http://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedfiles/faculty/ddegelman/prayer.pdf. For an example of an undergraduate research proposal, go to http://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedfiles/faculty/ddegelman/psychproposal.pdf. To download a Microsoft Word template of an APA-style paper, go to http://www.vanguard.edu/uploadedFiles/Faculty/DDegelman/psychapa.doc.
I.
General Document Guidelines
Margins: One inch on all sides (top, bottom, left, right)
A.
B.
Font Size and Type: 12-pt. font (Times Roman or Courier are acceptable typefaces)
Line Spacing: Double-space throughout the paper, including the title page, abstract, body of the document, …show more content…
E. (n.d.). Notable people in psychology of religion. Retrieved August 3, 2001, from http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/psyrelpr.htm
5. Stand-alone Web document (no author, no date)
Gender and society. (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2001, from http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html 6. Journal article from database
Hien, D., & Honeyman, T. (2000). A closer look at the drug abuse-maternal aggression link. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15, 503-522. Retrieved May 20, 2000, from
ProQuest database.
7. Abstract from secondary database
Garrity, K., & Degelman, D. (1990). Effect of server introduction on restaurant tipping.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 168-172. Abstract retrieved July 23, 2001, from PsycINFO database.
8. Journal article, Internet-only journal
Bergen, D. (2002, Spring). The role of pretend play in children 's cognitive development. Early
Childhood Research & Practice, 4(1). Retrieved February 1, 2004, from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n1/bergen.html 9. Article or chapter in an edited book
Shea, J. D. (1992). Religion and sexual adjustment. In J. F. Schumaker (Ed.), Religion and mental health (pp. 70-84). New York: Oxford University Press.
10. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental