APA Format 6th Edition Template - North Central State College



The Full and Complete Title of Your Paper Goes Here

Your First and Last Name

North Central State College

PSYC1010-09 (change this to your specific course section information)

Abstract

An abstract is a single concise paragraph that provides an objective overview of the paper (similar to the brief summation that you read on the back of a book). An abstract is NOT indented and is to be 150 to 250 words. Abstracts may not be required for all papers, so students should check with their instructors to verify if this is needed.

Keywords: schizophrenia, delusions, hallucinations

The Full and Complete Title of Your Paper Goes Here (use the exact wording you used for the title on your title page) – this should be CENTERED

The content of your paper goes here. Whenever you reference ANYTHING from another source make certain to cite that source within the context of your paper. If someone else’s writing has influenced your work, you MUST give credit to that source. This is true if you are paraphrasing (putting the information in your own words) or directly quoting another source. APA format utilizes an author-date (date refers to the year of publication) format for citation. When in doubt, cite, cite, CITE! The correct in-text citation format is last name(s) of author, publication year, and then page number (page number is REQUIRED for direct quotes and can also be included for any reference notation that is not a direct quote). Thus, for the current Introduction to Psychology textbook being used at North Central State College, the correct APA in-text citation would be (Ciccarelli & White, 2015). If you need to indicate the page number, this is the correct format (Ciccarelli & White, 2015, p. 281).

The first time information from a source with three to five authors is referred to in the context of the paper, include all of the author names; such as (Zimbardo, Johnson, & McCann, 2013). The second (and any subsequent) time this same source with three to five authors is referenced in the paper, utilize the “et al.” citation format (Zimbardo, et al., 2013). A direct quote still requires page number information to be included in the parenthetical citation (Zimbardo et al., 2013, p. 313). If you are using a source which happens to have six or more authors, each time the source is cited in the paper, indicate the last name of the primary author followed by “et al.”. Thus, this type of citation would appear as follows each time the source is referenced in the body of your paper (Sanders, et al., 2011). For a source that has two authors, always use the names of both authors in the in-text citation. For instance, the current child psychology textbook would be cited as follows throughout the entire paper (Boyd & Bee, 2012). The same rules would apply for providing a page number for a direct quote within your paper (Boyd & Bee, 2012, p. 111).

References

Boyd, D. & Bee, H. (2012). The developing child (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Ciccarelli, S. K. & White, J. N. (2015). Psychology: An exploration (3rd ed.). Boston, MA:

Pearson.

Sanders, A. B., Harrison, C. D., Davis, E. F., Jacobs, G. H., Wyatts, I. J., & Collins, K.M.

(2011). This is a fictitious source just for the sake of demonstration.

Zimbardo, P. G., Johnson, R. L., & McCann, V. (2013). Psychology: Core concepts (7th ed.).

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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