Psychology APA Style (7th Edition) Tutorial
This tutorial is provided by the Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University and is offered as a resource for completing psychology essays and research papers in APA style. Every effort has been made to ensure that the tutorial information complies with the most recent revisions to the APA Publication Manual, 7th edition. Additional information is available from the APA Publication Manual (7th ed.) itself or from the APA (7th ed.) Resources links in this tutorial.
The style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) is required by most, if not all, psychology journals and is a widely-used formatting style for books and student papers. You are required to use the APA (7th ed.) style for formatting your psychology papers.
Contents:
- Types of Academic Papers
- Sources
- Primary
- Secondary
- Tertiary
- Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
- Paraphrasing
- Using Journals and the Internet to Locate Articles
- APA 7th Edition Standards
- Preparation
- Margins
- Writing Style
- Title Page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- References
- In-text Citations
- Research & Writing Resources
- APA 7th Edition Resources
Credits
Author: Adam Howorko, Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University.
Updated from the Psychology APA Style (6th Edition) Tutorial, Author: Bob Brandes, Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University.
Original Content and/or Design Contributors: Andrew Chiarella, Lyle Grant, Bob Heller, Cheryl Kier, Adam Howorko; Centre for Social Sciences. Lorna Brown, Information Architect, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.