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APA = American Psychological Association. These are the folks have the power to invade your unconscious mind at will. Kidding—all they want to do is teach you how to cite sources correctly.
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Edited at https://subtitletools.com APA Style a la Shmoop.
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APA Style a la Shmoop.
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APA stands for the American Psychological Association meaning that APA style is the perfect prescription
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for papers on Psychology. [unhappy student on couch]
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Unfortunately psychologists cant prescribe medication.
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Which must be why they wrote such a huge guide instead. [psychologist pulls out huge manual, student screams]
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APA style can be used for literature reviews and experimental reports. [lab technician working]
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So if youre writing a book about an experiment APA styles your guy.
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APA papers include a title page an abstract the main body and references.
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The title page is easy to learn difficult to master. Like Tetris. [Tetris game falls down screen]
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It includes things like the title your name and your school.
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If you cant remember the name of your school go outside and check the building.
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It should be on there.
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Dont forget to include a header which is the title of your paper in ALL CAPS.
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Not just some caps.
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Lets keep things consistent.
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The Abstract is where you let your inner Kandinsky shine.
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Okay the abstract is actually a quick summary of your paper.
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Think of it as a blurb on the back of a book or a trailer [people in movie theatre]
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for a movie.
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Some people even include keywords to make their work more easily searchable Oh and dont
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forget your header.
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Next we get to the main body of your paper where you flex your APA muscles. [body builder flexes muscles]
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Any time you cite a source you need to include the authors name the year
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in parentheses your quote and the page number.
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Also in parentheses.
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APA style keeps parentheses in business.
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Last is your reference page.
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You should put the word References centered at the top of the page.
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Easy right Just dont bold underline or use quotation marks for the title.
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Your references should speak for themselves.
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List all the works youve cited in alphabetical order by authors last name.
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Write out the full titles of your sources.
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So APA style is perfect for psych papers as well as lit reviews and experimental reports.
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It includes a title page an abstract the main body and your references.
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And every page needs a header in all caps.
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Or you know dont do any of that. [swirling optical illusion]
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Okay that last bit of advice was brought to you by the American Reverse Psychological Association.
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Maybe just ignore it.
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