What This Document Is
This document is an “A” Grade APA Exercise Assignment Worksheet for PSY 260: Introduction to Psychological Research and Ethics at Grand Canyon University. It’s designed to assess a student’s ability to correctly format references in American Psychological Association (APA) style. The worksheet includes both correction exercises and original reference creation tasks.
Why This Document Matters
This assignment is crucial for students in psychology and related fields. Accurate APA formatting is essential for scholarly writing, ensuring credibility and proper attribution of sources. It’s typically used as a graded assignment to demonstrate competency in APA 7th edition guidelines. Students completing this assignment will demonstrate their understanding of how to cite various source types.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This worksheet provides practice and examples, but it doesn’t offer comprehensive APA guidance. Students will still need to consult the APA Publication Manual or resources like the Purdue OWL for complete formatting rules. It focuses specifically on reference list entries and doesn’t cover in-text citations.
What This Document Provides
The full document includes:
* Correcting improperly formatted references (journal articles and textbook chapters).
* Creating original APA references from provided source information.
* Examples of correctly formatted journal article references.
* A completed reference list as a model.
* A list of required sources (4 journal articles and a textbook chapter).
* A sample reference list completed by a student.
This preview only describes the assignment’s structure and purpose; it does not include the full content of the exercises or the student example.
