NAME:_____________________________
PSY 101 General Psychology
WRITING/RESEARCH EXERCISE #4: APA Style Basics
How wide are the margins in APA format? (1 pnt)
On which page does the body of the paper appear? (1 pnt)
What are the 2 (or 3) basic components of an in-text citation? (3 pnts)
Consider the following reference:
Gold, P. E. (1987). Sweet memories. American Scientist, 75,151-155.
Is this a reference to a book or a magazine article? How can you tell? (2 pnts)
Identify 5 things that are not correct in the following book reference. (5 pnts)
Gottesman, Irving. Schizophrenia Genesis: The Origins of Madness.
New York: Freeman.
Which of the following fonts is acceptable in APA format? (1 pnt)
This one?
This one?
This one?
This one?
What is a DOI? (Hint: see the library’s APA style sheet at
http://www.genesee.edu/library/assets/File/APAStylesheet.pdf; 2 pnts)
REQUIRED APA ELEMENTS FOR THE UPCOMING BRIEF RESEARCH PAPER:
cover page
reference page (follow library style sheet guidelines)
appropriate font (including header!)
in-text citations
margins
Running head:/page #s
NO ABSTRACT IS NEEDED
If any of these elements are missing from your paper, your grade on exercise #4 will be changed to a zero!