APA Style for General Psychology But Why Designed to Ensure the accuracy of scientific knowledge Protect the rights and welfare of research participants and Protect intellectual property rights APA 2010 pp 9 11 Plagiarism and Self Plagiarism Plagiarism researchers do not claim words or ideas of another as their own give appropriate credit Use quotation marks with exact words Additionally quotation marks require the page number of original work in the in text citation APA 2010 p 171 When paraphrasing no page number is necessary in the citation APA 2010 Plagiarism Avoiding Plagiarism http youtu be 2q0NlWcTq1Y What needs to be cited http youtu be atTRlg6iaGo The Paraphrase Challenge 20 min It isn t always easy to put someone else s words and ideas into your own language Here are some video and text links to assist you Paraphrase without plagiarizing http owl english purdue edu owl resource 563 2 Get your beginning paraphrasing strategy with this superb video http youtu be sgMJ16WUEPg What if your paraphrase doesn t make sense without some words from the original content Another helpful video http youtu be u1t0G7ZnRG8 Superb video http youtu be sgMJ16WUEPg Protecting Intellectual Property Rights 1 13 Publication Credit Definition of authorship Authorship encompasses not only those who do the actual writing but those who have made substantial scientific contribution Formulating the problem or hypothesis Structuring the experimental design Organizing conducting the statistical analysis Interpreting the results Writing a major portion of the paper Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Determining authorship as soon as possible researchers should decide on tasks necessary to complete the project who will be responsible who will receive authorship credit and the order of authorship This determination may need to be revisited during the project especially when changes are made Authorship order must be agreed to in writing by all authors and the publisher Author Responsibilities 8 03 Preparing the Manuscript of Submission Quality of presentation physical appearance of a manuscript can enhance or detract from it Assistance in scientific writing APA is new to most of you get help Have someone else read it Author Responsibilities 8 03 Preparing the Manuscript for Submission Times New Roman Serif typeface little lines at ends of letter is preferred as it improves readability and reduces eye fatigue 12 pt font For Gen Psych this will be the only acceptable font Author Responsibilities 8 03 Preparing the Manuscript for Submission Line Spacing Double Space Every line of the title Headings Quotations References Figure caption Table note Single or one and a half spacing only in table or figures Remove Spaces Before After Paragraph Author Responsibilities 8 03 Preparing the Manuscript for Submission Margins 1 inch top bottom and sides Line length and alignment Maximum line length 6 5 inches Left justified and right uneven Do not break a word or hyphenate Author Responsibilities 8 03 Preparing the Manuscript for Submission Paragraphs Exceptions Indent the first line of every paragraph Use the tab for consistency Abstract No Indention Abstract is not required for this class Block quote entire block is indented not first line Titles headings 3 03 Table titles notes 5 04 5 19 Figure captions 5 20 5 30 Remove extra space before after paragraph Microsoft Word Paragraph Line Spacing At the bottom of the block are two options They will toggle between Add space before paragraph Remove space before paragraph Add space after paragraph Remove space after paragraph Make sure both read as Add space before and after Removing Spaces Before After Paragraphs On the Word home menu In Paragraph select the Line Spacing single click Make sure that you choose double spacing 2 and make sure that you Remove Space Before Paragraph and Remove Space After Paragraph Manuscript Structure Content 2 01 Title Recommended length 12 words or less Titles use upper and lowercase letters Usually do not capitalize 4 letter words or less e g the of is and or with Center between left and right margins Positioned in upper half of page Inverted pyramid Author Responsibilities 8 03 Preparing the Manuscript for Submission Title Page MS Word Running head ALL CAPS 50 character or less Page number check Different first page Insert tab Header Footer block Header Blank Options block type Running head THE SHORT TITLE OF YOUR PAPER Insert tab Page Number current position plain number Highlight header info Home tab Font Times New Roman 12 Close header and footer Title Author Name Institution affiliation Author note but not needed in this paper First Choose the Insert tab Select Header and then Blank Finally check the Different First Page box begin typing your header tab over to the right margin choose Page Number choose Current Position insert the page number and close the header The Mechanics of Style Contractions Do not use contractions Abbreviations Avoid abbreviations Section 4 22 If you must use an abbreviation spell the word or phrase out followed by the abbreviation the first time it is used e g University of Central Missouri UCM and then the abbreviation can be used Reference P age Separate Page Hanging indent