Module 4.1: Overview of APA 7th Edition Guidelines

APA Style

Foundation for effective scholarly communication because it helps authors present their ideas in a clear, concise, and organized manner.

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Publication Manual

Guidelines for authors in social and behavioral sciences

IMRAD Outline

Structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion

APA Paper Formatting

Encourages uniformity and consistency in presentation

Inclusive Language

Avoids bias in writing, endorses gender-neutral pronouns

Singular 'They'

Recommended for unknown or irrelevant gender

In-Text Citation

Shortens works with three or more authors to 'et al.'

Quotations

Format like normal quotes, use block quotes for longer excerpts

Reference List

Includes surnames and initials for up to 20 authors

Digital Object Identifiers

Formatted as URLs, no longer need 'DOI:' label

Indigenous Knowledge

Respect traditional knowledge, capitalize terms derived from indigenous culture

1929

The precursor to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association was published in ___

APA 7TH Edition

a "standard of procedure, to which exceptions would doubtless be necessary, but to which reference might be made in cases of doubt"

introduction

part of imrad that

•Provide research question

•Explain the significance

•Review of background or known information of your topic

methods

this describe your methods for gathering information and explain your sources of information, both primary and secondary

results

this describe what you found out from your research and develop each point thoroughly, as this is the main section of your research paper

discussion

this explain the significance of your findings, describe how they support your thesis and the limitations of your research

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they

The 7th edition endorses the use of __as a singular pronoun. The manual advises writers use this for a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.

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false, when it only refers to a single person

t or f

Plural verbs should be used when "they" is referring to a multiple person or entity.

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anthropomorphizing language

that and which

who

The manual also advises against ___. Thus, non-human relative pronouns like __ and __ are recommended for animals, inanimate objects, rather than __

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they or their

The singular __or __ is endorsed as a gender-neutral pronou

descriptive phrases

Instead of using adjectives as nouns to label groups of people, __ are preferred

true

t or f

Instead of broad categories, you should use exact age ranges that are more relevant and specific.

false, you should focus on qualities that are relevant

t or f

When describing differences between groups of people, divert your attention on the qualities that are not relevant to the situation at hand.

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false, only one space

t or f

in the mechanics of style, use double space after a period at the end of a sentence.

double quotation mark

italic

t or f

in mechanic of style, use __ instead of __ to refer to linguistic examples.

first author's name and et al

The in-text citation for works with three or more authors is now shortened right from the first citation. You only include __ and __

ambiguity

The only exception to this occurs when doing so would create _ (e.g. if two papers have first-listed authors with the same name)

true

t or f

The publisher location is no longer included in the reference

false, 20 author

t or f

Surnames and initials for up to 10 authors (instead of 7) should be provided in the reference list.

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digital object identifiers

DOI refers to?

false, no longer necessary

t or f

the label "DOI:" is still necessary

false, no longer needed unless retrieval date is neede

t or f

URLs are still preceded by retrieved from, to show the date of retrieval

true

t or f

for e-books, the format, platform, or device (e.g. Kindle)is no longer included in the reference, and the publisher is included.

true

t or f

New guidelines describe how to use Dols and URLs when citing sources obtained from academic research databases or online archives. In short, you should end the database/archive portion of the citation with a period, the provide the DOI or URL.

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