The document discusses the American Psychological Association (APA) style for citing references and formatting papers. APA style provides guidelines for formatting papers, citing references in-text, and constructing reference lists. It describes an author-date citation system where references are listed alphabetically by author's last name and date. Examples are provided for citing different source types, such as books, journal articles, and websites, both in-text and in the reference list. Key components of reference list entries are identified for different source formats.

1. Citation And References American Psychological Association (APA)

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3. What Is APAAmerican Psychological Association (APA)Ensure Clear And Consistent Presentation Of Written MaterialEditorial style concerns uniform use of such elements as:Punctuation And Abbreviations

4. Construction Of Tables

5. Selection Of Headings

6. Citation Of References, And

7. Presentation Of Statistics

8. APA Citation Use author-date citation systemListed alphabeticallyThe author’s surname and year of publication For direct quotation - include the page or specific location of phase or sentence in the original work Example :Kessler (2002) found that among epidemiological sample …Early onset results in a more persistent and severe course (Kessler, 2003)"I think it's the reinforcement" (Pauling, 2004, p. 69).

9. Basic Citation System

10. Cite Two or More Work Arrange citation alphabetically in the same order which they appear in the references list. Example :Example :If an author has multiple publications that you wish to cite, you use a comma to separate the years of publication in chronological orderSeveral Study (Miller, 1999; Shafransker& Mahoney, 1998) Recent studies have found a possible genetic cause of alcoholism (Pauling, 2004, 2005a, 2005b).

11. Cite Electronic Sourcescite an electronic document the same as any other document by using the author-date style.Example :Example :If no author or date is given, use the title in your signal phrase or the first word or two of the title in the parentheses and use the abbreviation "n.d." (for "no date").Another study of students and research decisions discovered that students succeeded with tutoring ("Tutoring and APA," n.d.).Kenneth (2000) explained...

13. Print SourceReference content of following component:Author name or namesPublication date Title of the work Publication dataExample :Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.Transom, Z., & Rutherford, S. (1991, October). The Relationship Between Occasional Writer's Block and Fear of Technology. Psychology Today, 27, 82-88.