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1 Title of Resource Introduction to APA Style Author(s) Lisa M. Dinella Please provide the affiliation for each author. Institution Monmouth University This activity introduces APA style through guided questions for students to answer Brief Description: using the APA Manual. APA Style Keywords: APA Manual Author Contact Information: Additional Information: TeachPsychScience.org is made possible with grant support from the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Fund for Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science to the site creators Gary Lewandowski, Natalie Ciarocco, and David Strohmetz. All materials on this site have been subjected to a peer review process. We welcome additional resources ( Lisa M. Dinella. All Rights Reserved. This material may be used for noncommercial educational purposes. All other uses require the written consent of the authors.

2 Instructors: This activity can be used to introduce students to both APA style and the APA Manual. Originally developed as an in-class lab activity for students working in pairs, it can also be used as an out-of-class assignment.

3 Introduction to APA Style Activity Directions: Please answer the following questions using your APA Manual. 1. What is the website associated with the APA Manual? 2. What is plagiarism? What are two ways to avoid it? (see chapter on ethics) 3. Which of the following sections of a journal article begins on a new page: Methods, Abstract, Discussion, References, Results, and/or Introduction? 4. According to APA style, where in a manuscript are tables and figures placed? 5. Number the following sections of a research paper in the correct order: Method Abstract Author Note References Discussion Footnotes Figures Figure Captions Title Page Tables Introduction Results

4 6. Rose N. Garden of Lilac University wrote a paper entitled Do Couples Who Give Flowers Have Fewer Marital Conflicts? Prepare an APA Style title page of this paper in the square below. 7. Write these headings correctly using the correct headings format as indicated. Make sure to capitalize, indent, underline, italicize, punctuate or bold as dictated by APA style. method (level 1) procedures (level 2) phase 1 (level 5) experiment 4 (level 5)

5 8. What do the following abbreviations mean: cf., e.g., and i.e.? 9. In the paper discussed above, Dr. Garden refers to an article by Beth Flowerpot, Steve Mulch, and Wayne B. Seedlings written in Provide two APA style ways for properly citing this reference in text of the paper. In addition, how should Dr. Garden cite this study for a second time in the same paragraph? 10. The above article was published in the Volume 7, Issue 2 of the journal called The Flower Journal and appeared on pages of the journal (The Digital Object Identifier is ). The article written was titled Sunflowers and Happiness. Prepare a reference for Dr. Garden as it would appear in the reference section of his paper.

6 Introduction to APA Style Activity: Answer Key 1. What is the website associated with the APA Manual? 2. What is plagiarism? What are two ways to avoid it? (see chapter on ethics) Literally copying the writing of someone else or giving the impression that an idea or body of work is yours when in fact it is not. -Paraphrasing with proper citation -Quoting and correctly crediting the quote 3. Which of the following sections of a journal article begins on a new page: Methods, Abstract, Discussion, References, Results, and/or Introduction? Abstract References Introduction 4. According to APA style, where in a manuscript are tables and figures placed? Tables: on own page after footnotes and before figures Figures: on own page after tables 5. Number the following sections of a research paper in the correct order: Method (5) Abstract (3) Author Note (2) References (8) Discussion (7) Footnotes (9) Figures (11) Figure Captions (12) Title Page (1) Tables (10) Introduction (4) Results (6)

7 6. Rose N. Garden of Lilac University wrote a paper entitled Do Couples Who Give Flowers Have Fewer Marital Conflicts? Prepare an APA Style title page of this paper in the square below. Running head: FLOWERS AND CONFLICT 1 Do Couples Who Give Flowers Have Fewer Marital Conflicts? Rose N. Garden Lilac University Author s Note (optional) 7. Write these headings correctly using the correct headings format as indicated. Make sure to capitalize, indent, underline, italicize, punctuate or bold as dictated by APA style. method (level 1) Method procedures (level 2) Procedures phase 1 (level 5)

8 Phase 1. experiment 4 (level 5) Experiment What do the following abbreviations mean: cf., e.g., and i.e.? cf. e.g. i.e. compare for example that is 9. In the paper discussed above, Dr. Garden refers to an article by Beth Flowerpot, Steve Mulch, and Wayne B. Seedlings written in Demonstrate the 2 ways of citing this reference in text of the paper. In addition, how should Dr. Garden cite this study for a second time in the same paragraph? Flowerpot, Mulch, and Seedlings (1987) (Flowerpot, Mulch, & Seedlings, 1987) Flowerpot et al. 10. The above article was published in the Volume 7, Issue 2 journal called The Flower Journal and appeared on pages of the journal. The article written was titled Sunflowers and Happiness. Prepare a reference for Dr. Garden as it would appear in the reference section of his paper. Flowerpot, B., Mulch, S., & Seedlings, W. B. (1987). Sunflowers and happiness. The Flower Journal, 7, doi: