Preface | p. xi |
Our Reader-Friendly Approach | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
About the Authors | p. xv |
Overview | |
Style Versus Format: Why It Matters to Your Audience and Why It Should Matter to You | p. 3 |
What Is the Difference Between APA Style and APA Format? | p. 4 |
Why APA Style Anyway? Wasn't MLA Good Enough? | p. 6 |
In the Long Run, Attention to Detail Matters (Including APA Style and Format) | p. 7 |
Write for Your Specific Audience: Term Papers Versus Formal Research Papers | p. 8 |
Your Visual Table of Contents QuickFinder | p. 10 |
The Sample Paper With Content and Page Numbers | p. 12 |
Writing with (APA) Style: Big Picture Items | |
Bare-Bones Fundamentals: General Writing Tips Specific to APA Style | p. 27 |
Clear and Succinct Writing | p. 27 |
Commonly Confused Words in Psychology | p. 28 |
Subject-Verb Agreement | p. 30 |
Active Voice Versus Passive Voice in APA Style | p. 31 |
A Quick Grammar Summary for APA-Style Writing | p. 34 |
Parts of a Sentence | p. 35 |
Parts of Speech | p. 36 |
Common Grammar Mistakes to Avoid | p. 38 |
Thou Shalt Not Steal (or Be Lazy): Plagiarism and How to Avoid It | p. 44 |
But I Didn't Know … | p. 44 |
It Sounds Like a Bad Word | p. 45 |
Quoting: More Than Just a Copy and Paste | p. 46 |
Paraphrasing: In Your Own Words | p. 48 |
An Author's License (Yours): Modifying Source Material | p. 48 |
But I Can Freely Use My Own Work, Right? | p. 49 |
How About This for a Plagiarism Awareness Exercise? | p. 49 |
Avoiding Biased Language | p. 50 |
The Fundamental Lesson: View People as Individuals First | p. 50 |
Specifie Recommendations for Reducing Bias: Nonsexist Language and Other Areas | p. 51 |
Sexual Orientation | p. 51 |
Racial and Ethnic Identity | p. 52 |
Disabilities | p. 53 |
Occupations | p. 53 |
Gender and Pronouns: With an Indefinite Recommendation | p. 54 |
Writing with (APA) Style: Getting Down to Business | |
Whodunnit (or Said It)? Citing References in Text | p. 59 |
A Good Rule of Thumb | p. 59 |
Ready, Cite, GO | p. 60 |
In-Text Citation Basics | p. 61 |
A Variation on the Theme | p. 62 |
What Do I Do When I Need to Cite More Than One Article in the Same Spot? | p. 63 |
What If I Have Two or More Articles by the same Author and Some Are the Same Year? | p. 64 |
What If I Have Two or More Articles by Authors With the Same Last Name? | p. 64 |
How Do I Cite an Article or Document From a Website? | p. 64 |
If I Refer to the Same Article More Than Once in the Same Paragraph Do I Cite It Every Time? | p. 65 |
How Do I Cite an Article That I Read About in Another Article or Book? | p. 66 |
How Do I Cite a Lecture, an E-Mail, or a Conversation? | p. 66 |
There Is a Method to the Madness | p. 67 |
Where in the Flow of Pages Do You Place the Method Section? | p. 67 |
Where Does This Information Go in the Method Section? | p. 69 |
Subjects/Participants Subsection | p. 69 |
Materials and Apparatus | p. 71 |
Procedure | p. 73 |
Formatting Your Method Section | p. 75 |
And the Winner Is? Writing Your Results and Associated Fun | p. 76 |
Let's Talk Statistics | p. 77 |
Basics and Beyond | p. 78 |
Formatting Your Results Paragraph | p. 81 |
Including Effect Size and Power | p. 82 |
Everybody Needs References | p. 83 |
A Helpful Note | p. 83 |
Creating Your Reference Section | p. 83 |
Using Abbreviations | p. 85 |
The Basics | p. 86 |
Basic Reference Section Formatting Rules | p. 92 |
Some of the Not-So-Basic Rules You Might Need | p. 93 |
Presenting Your Work in APA Format | |
The Numbers Game: How to Write Numbers (and When the Rules Change) | p. 97 |
When You Use Numerals | p. 98 |
When You Use Words | p. 99 |
Using Both Numerals and Words | p. 100 |
How to Use Decimal Points | p. 101 |
How Many Numbers Should Be Written After the Decimal Point? | p. 101 |
Additional Rules for Including Numbers in Your Paper | p. 102 |
Metrication | p. 102 |
When Do You Use Abbreviations? | p. 103 |
Formatting: Organizing, Headings, and Making Your Work Look Good to Print | p. 106 |
What Goes Where? | p. 106 |
What Your Paper Should Look Like | p. 107 |
Headings | p. 109 |
Spelling Matters: Spelling Rules and Capitalization | p. 111 |
Final Touches | p. 115 |
Table That Motion: The Special Challenges of Tables and Figures | p. 116 |
What's What | p. 116 |
Getting the Look Down | p. 117 |
A Note on ôNotesö | p. 121 |
Figuring It Out | p. 121 |
Get Legendary (and Use Captions) | p. 123 |
Where to Place Tables and Figures | p. 123 |
But I Am Doing a Literature Review: Coul0d I Use a Table or Figure? | p. 124 |
Don't Forget | p. 124 |
Make Microsoft Word 2007 Work for You: APA Formatting | p. 125 |
Word 2007 Tabs and Drop-Down Menus | p. 125 |
Setting the Margins | p. 126 |
Line Spacing and Spacing Between Paragraphs | p. 127 |
Page Headers (First Page and Subsequent Pages) and Page Numbering | p. 129 |
Tabs, Centering, and the Ruler | p. 132 |
References and the Hanging Indent | p. 134 |
Preparing a Table (Rows, Columns, Lines, Centering) | p. 136 |
Fonts and Font Variations (Italics, Bold, Superscript) | p. 138 |
Page Breaks, Orphans, and Widows | p. 139 |
Spell-Checker and Grammar Checker | p. 140 |
Developing Good Habits: Autosave, File Naming, File Storage, Frequent Backups | p. 141 |
Some Nitty-Gritty Details | |
Making a List, Checking It Twice: Enumeration and Seriation | p. l45 |
Why Bother? | p. l45 |
Keeping Order at the Section Level | p. 146 |
Order Within Paragraphs or Sentences | p. 147 |
On a Related Note | p. l48 |
The Devil Is in the Details: Abbreviations, Signs, Symbols, and Punctuation | p. 149 |
OMG: To Abbreviate or Not? | p. l49 |
Blinding You With Science and Latin | p. 150 |
Punctuation | p. 151 |
In Closing: Important Considerations | |
Using Rubrics: Knowing What It Means to Write a Good Paper | p. 155 |
Follow Rubrics When Provided | p. 155 |
Example Rubric | p. 156 |
Get It Right! Proofreading the Entire Paper | p. 158 |
Sample Student Paper for Practicing Proofreading | p. 163 |
Complete Sample of an Experimental Paper: Samples, Anyone? | p. 170 |
Sample Paper | p. 172 |
Additional Resources on Writing | p. 185 |
All Together Now: How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes | p. 186 |
APA Style and Format Checklist | p. 187 |
Be Aware of Professors' Pet Peeves | p. 191 |
Error List for Chapter18 | p. 193 |
APA Style and Format Checklist | p. 196 |
References | p. 198 |
Index | p. 202 |
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