1 Psychology: APA Format Summary Psychology Department Mount Allison University Revised September 2011 2 Psychology: APA Format Summary APA stands for the “American Psychological Association‚” which has a specific format for manuscripts that is published in a Manual called the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association‚ 6th Edition. It is the standard that is followed by psychologists who are submitting articles for publication to journals. Mount Allison’s Psychology
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APA BASIC GUIDELINES Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association‚ 6th Ed. Created by Dr. Charles Lucado-Modified by Dr. Marilyn Berrong (7/09) GENERAL INFORMATION * Margins—1” Top‚ 1” Bottom‚ 1” Right‚ 1” Left. * Double-space everything. Leave one full-size blank between each line of type on the page. Set the line spacing to 2 or double on most word-processing software. You should have at least 3/16 in. to ¼ in. of space between the typed lines on the
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APA Style This handout is based on the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)‚ but is not a comprehensive guide. For all rules and requirements of APA citations‚ please consult the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. APA requires that information be cited in 2 different ways: 1. within the text and 2. in a reference list at the end of the paper. The reference list should be on a new page‚ double spaced
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know what APA stands for? Really‚ it’s not for Animal Protection Association even that it sounds good‚ it’s actually a paper format required by McCann when we summit our college essays. APA actually stands for American Psychological Association that had established APA style that is considered to be the primary style guide for all academic papers and journalist manuscripts. The main reason that we use APA guidelines is to give us a standard format to follow when preparing our essays. The APA has basic
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MLA versus APA MLA and APA are two styles of writing that are used in books‚ articles‚ websites and databases. MLA stands for the Modern Language Association and is used in the study and teaching of language and literature. Disciplines that use this format are English‚ foreign languages and other humanities. An importance factor in it ’s formatting is it ’s list of sources. In MLA style writing‚ this is called a “Works Cited” list. In this list‚ the last names of the authors or editors
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Running head: GOES HERE IN ALL CAPS (limit to 50 characters) Title (Should summarize the main idea of the paper in 10-12 words. When typing the title‚ center it on the page and capitalize only the first letter of important words.) Author(s) Institutional Affiliation Abstract The text of the abstract goes here. It should be a single paragraph has a block format‚ that is‚ the first line should not be indented. The purpose of this section is to provide a brief and comprehensive summary
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APA Citation Format This guide includes general rules and selected examples of in-text citations and References following the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.‚ c2010) guidelines. For information on manuscript structure and content‚ writing mechanics‚ and other aspects of the publication process‚ please consult the APA manual. Copies of the APA manual can be found in REF‚ at RESD‚ and on the 4th floor under BF76.7.P82 2009. Additional examples can be found at
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Resources Books PAGE 2 2 2 APA REFERENCING SUMMARY A guide to referencing based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). This summary gives examples of the APA referencing style for a number of commonly used information sources. If you cannot find a model to cite a source‚ then choose an example that is close to the source you are using‚ and follow the format provided (APA 2010‚ p. 193). Otherwise‚ refer to the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.). Washington
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The History of APA Format APA! What is APA? APA is an abbreviation that stands for “American Psychological Association”. People that may not know the word APA might feel as if it’s something that doesn’t really have a grand meaning‚ but others that do‚ know it has an extravagant value. APA Style was created by a group of social scientists who wanted to establish sound standards of communication eighty years ago. Ever since‚ many leaders in various fields have been utilizing this format. For instance
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Obesity Discrimination Harold Hanks Columbia College Abstract There are many forms of discrimination found in the workplace. One form of discrimination that is not as often discussed or highlighted is “obesity”. This is a form of discrimination that is also known as “sizeism”. This discrimination seems to have been passing under the radar‚ but it is on the rise in recent studies. Obesity discrimination is becoming as frequent as racial‚ ethnical‚ religious‚ and sexual orientation discrimination
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