This paper follows the Student version

of the 7th edition of the APA manual.

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Note that there is
no Running
head in the
Student version
of the 7th edition
of the APA
manual.
Page numbers,
however, are
used on each
page.
APA Citation Style: A Sample
Student’s Name
Department's name, University of Hawai’i - West O’ahu
PSY 250: Social Psychology
Instructor’s name
October 23, 2020
• The title should be
centered, bolded,
and 3-4 lines
below the top of
the page.
• Authors' names
are written below
the title, with one
double-spaced
blank line
between them.
• Names should be
written as follows:
First name, middle
initial(s), last
name.
The due date for the
assignment should be here.
Note: The date should be the due date
of the exam
Note: The student version of APA 7th edition
does not require an abstract.
THE STUDENT VERSION OF
APA 7th EDITION DOES NOT
REQUIRE AN ABSTRACT.
However, if your professor does ask for an Abstract, the No'eau Center
provides recommendations below from the APA guidelines
for professional papers.
If your professor does ask for an Abstract,
we provide recommendations here from
the APA guidelines for professional papers.
Abstract
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The Abstract page should already include the page number. On the first line of the
Abstract page,
center and bold the word “Abstract” (no italics, underlining, or quotation marks).
Beginning with
the next line, write a concise summary of the key points of your research. (Do not
indent.)
Abstracts often provide an overview of the research topic, research questions,
participants,
methods, results, data analysis, and conclusions. You may also include possible
implications of
your research and future work you see connected with your findings. The Abstract
should be a
single, double-spaced paragraph. The Abstract should be less than 250 words. A list
of keywords
from your paper generally follows the Abstract. To do this, indent as you would if
starting a new
paragraph, type “Keywords:” in italics, and then list the keywords. These keywords
are intended
to be used in research databases to help readers find your work. Take a look at the
example
below. All of the above information was taken from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
Keywords: APA, heading, citation, style, formatting
Note that only the word “Keywords” is italicized.
Proper nouns should be in title case;
all other keywords are lowercase.
Note that only “Keywords” is
italicized. Proper nouns should
be in title case; all other
keywords are lowercase.
• Note that the Abstract is not
indented.
• Abstracts are brief, comprehensive
summaries of the paper. They should
roadmap the salient points addressed
in the paper.
Repeat Title Here
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With American Psychological Association (APA) style, the first heading should never
be
“Introduction.” Instead, the paper’s title should be used. It is assumed that the
paper begins with
an introduction. The entire paper is to be double-spaced throughout. According to
the 7th edition
of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, the font
should be
accessible (i.e., easy to read) and consistent throughout the draft. Checking with
your instructor
about their requirements is always a good idea. The APA does recommend the
following fonts:
11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode, 12-point Times New
Roman,
11-point Georgia, and 10-point Computer Modern. Margins should be 1” all around
unless
otherwise indicated by instructor.
This is a First-Level Heading with Bold Lettering
The use of a first-level heading here indicates that your introduction has
concluded, and
you are starting a new section of your paper. One of the most important aspects of
APA style is
in-text citation. In general, the author’s name and the year should be included,
with a comma
separating the two (Rogers, 1999). Remember that the period always comes after the
citation to
enclose it with the sentence. When there are three or more authors, the first
author’s last name is
used, followed by, “et al.”, which means “and others” in Latin (Rogers et al.,
2005). Note that
there is a period at the end of the phrase “et al.” Also, if the same source is
used again in the
same paragraph, then the year may be omitted (Rogers et al.). However, this is only
if both
citations are in the same paragraph.
This is a Second-Level Heading with Bold Lettering
According to Daniels (2009), the citation can also be put at the beginning of the
sentence
when the source is directly mentioned and does not need to be cited again at the
end of the
sentence. In some cases, multiple sources are cited to support one point, in which
case the
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sources are separated by semicolons (Rogers et al., 2005; Nakachi, 2010).
This is a Third-Level Heading with Bold and Italicized Lettering
In addition, according to Nakachi (2010), “whenever quoting or using quantitative
data
from a source, a page number is required” (p. 5). In this example, the author’s
last name and year
were mentioned at the beginning of the sentence, and the page number was placed at
the end.
Rogers et al. (2005) discovered that 50% of students will forget to include page
and paragraph
numbers when citing quantitative data (para. 3). The two rules to remember here are
that the
author’s name and year of publication should never be separated, and at the same
time, the page
number should always be at the end of a quote. If the author’s name is not used in
the body of the
sentence, the in-text citation “can also be set up so that all the information is
at the end of the
quote” (Nakachi, 2010, p. 6).
• Remember, quantitative data like
statistics must be cited using a page
or paragraph number.
• If the source does not have page
numbers, like most websites, then
the paragraph number is used
instead.
A hanging indent is used, where the first
line of each entry is flush left and
subsequent lines are indented. Basically,
this is the reverse of a typical paragraph
indent.
APA Style Introduction. (2021). Purdue Online Writing Lab.
The first and third citations are
examples of online sources.
These can be tricky, but at the
very least, the citation should
include an author (and/or
affiliated organization), year of
publication (or year/date of most
recent update), a title, and the
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References
URL.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/
apa_style_introduction.html
Plath, S. (2000). The unabridged journals. (K. V. Kukil, Ed.). Anchor.
Price, D. (2018, March 23). Laziness does not exist. Medium.
https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01
The second citation is
for a book. Book titles
are in italics, followed by
the name of the editor (if
applicable) and the
name of the publisher.
Rogers, J. T. (1999). Citation styles in scholarly research: Notations for various
professions.
Journal of Citation, 1(2), 16-28.
Rogers, A. H., Nakashita, G. H., & Chung, L. R. (2005). Why citation styles are
important.
Journal of Citation, 5(10), 12-26.
For all citations, each piece of
information is separated by periods. The
authors are listed alphabetically by their
last name, with the first and middle
initials after a comma. There is an
ampersand before the last author in a
list as opposed to the word “and.”
The fourth and fifth citations are
examples of journal articles.
After the authors’ names comes
the article title, followed by the
title of the journal, the volume
and issue number, and the page
numbers.