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APA 6th Edition Writing Style Workshop: Formatting Guidelines and Quotations, Study notes of Ethics

An overview of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition, focusing on changes, general manuscript instructions, common grammar mistakes, in-text citations, quotations, and reference lists. It is suitable for students and researchers in various fields such as Education, Communication, Psychology, Languages, Literature, History, Business, and Computer Science.

What you will learn

  • What are the major changes in the APA 6th Edition?
  • What are the common grammar mistakes in APA papers and how to avoid them?
  • How to use commas, colons, dashes, quotation marks, parentheses, brackets, and italics correctly in APA papers?
  • How do you format a title page according to APA guidelines?
  • How to format in-text citations and reference lists according to APA guidelines?

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Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association
(APA) 6th Edition
Writing Style Workshop
Presented
by:Tomás Rivera
Center
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th^ Edition Writing Style Workshop

Presented by:Tomás Rivera Center

Why should I learn APA style?

  • Provides reader with a consistent format
  • Allows reader to focus on content
  • Consistency is easier for the writer to follow the rules
  • Graduate school prep
  • Used in the field for publication

What we will cover today

  • Changes in the 6th^ Edition
  • General Manuscript Instructions
  • Common grammar/punctuation mistakes
  • References IN text
  • Quotations in text
  • Reference List
  • Bias in language
  • Helpful tools for writing

Overall Changes

  • More tech savvy
  • Book is reorganized for better use, from publication basics & ethics, to structure & content, to writing style & rules, then graphics, then working with the publisher.
  • Focus has been broadened to include readers in the social and behavioral sciences.

Major Manuscript Changes in the 6th^ Edition

  • Page header now includes Running head (p. 230)
  • Electronic journal references includes DOI (digital object identifier) (p. 198)
  • Heading levels changed, including using boldface type for many (p. 62)
  • Two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence (p. 88)

Tabbing the Manual

  • • Changes p.
  • • Appendix p.
  • • Sample Paper p.
  • • Headings p.
  • • Tables & Figures p.
  • • Quoting p.
  • • Reference in Text p.
  • • Reference list p.
  • • Checklist p.

Header changes

  • The header now includes the Running head: IN UPPER CASE (max of 50 characters, including spaces)
  • But on subsequent pages the words ―Running head‖ are not there.
  • In Word 2007, once you are in header, use ―different first page‖ tool to create this.

Running head: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN BIMODAL PROCESSES 1

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN BIMODAL PROCESSES 2

General Instructions, cont.

  • Title Page
    • Title
    • Name
    • Institutional Affiliation
  • Running Head
    • (less than 50 characters, including spaces)
    • Fully justified as a header with page number

Headings (p. 62)

 There are five levels of headings which follow a top-down progression.

Centered, Boldface, and Upper and Lowercase Heading Flush Left, Boldface, and Upper and Lowercase Heading Indented, boldface, lowercase heading ending with a period. Indented, bold face, italicized, lowercase heading ending with a period. Indented, italicized, lowercase heading ending with a period.

First…

  • Common grammar mistakes in APA papers

Semicolon (p. 89)

  • Use to separate two independent clauses that are not joined by a conjunction - The participants in the first study were paid; those in the second study were unpaid.
  • Use to separate elements in a series that already contain commas - The color order was red, yellow, blue; blue, yellow, red; or yellow, red, blue.

Colon (p. 90)

  • Use between a complete introductory clause and a final phrase. (If the clause following the colon is a complete sentence, it begins with a capital letter.) - Freud (1930/1961) wrote of two urges: an urge toward union with others and …
  • DO NOT USE after an introduction that is not a complete sentence. - The formula is r = e + a. (correct) - The formula is: r = e + a. (incorrect)

Quotation Marks (p. 91)

  • Use to introduce a word or phrase used as an ironic comment or coined expression only the first time it is used. - Considered ―normal‖ behavior - This is an ironic use of ―normal‖, therefore it is put in quotation marks. - The ―good-outcome‖ variable - This is a term coined by the student writer, therefore it is put in quotation marks.
  • To set off the title of an article or chapter in a book when used in text (NOT in the reference list).

Quotation Marks, cont.

  • DO NOT USE to cite a letter, word, phrase, or sentence as a linguistic example. (Instead, italicize them.) - He clarified the difference between farther and further.
  • DO NOT USE to introduce a technical or key term. (Instead, italicize them.) - The term zero-base budgeting appeared…