What This Document Is
This document is a practice exercise for Grand Canyon University’s PSY 260: Introduction to Psychological Research and Ethics course. It focuses on applying American Psychological Association (APA) style guidelines to reference various sources, including journal articles and book chapters. The exercise is divided into two parts: correcting existing references and creating new ones from provided source information.
Why This Document Matters
This exercise is crucial for students in PSY 260 as proper APA formatting is a core skill for academic writing in psychology. It’s typically used as an assessment to ensure students can accurately cite sources, avoiding plagiarism and demonstrating scholarly rigor. Mastering these skills is essential not only for this course but for future academic work and professional publications.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This exercise provides practice with specific reference types but doesn’t cover *all* possible source formats (e.g., websites, reports, legal sources). It also relies on students already having a foundational understanding of APA 7th edition guidelines. It’s a practice tool, not a comprehensive APA style manual.
What This Document Provides
The full document includes:
* Examples of correctly formatted APA references for journal articles and book chapters.
* Incorrectly formatted references for students to correct.
* Source information (title, author, date, publication details) for students to create new APA references.
* A list of four example journal articles (two empirical, two review) with full citation information, and a reference to a course e-book chapter.
* A link to the GCU APA Style Guide.
This preview *does not* provide solutions to the reference correction exercises, nor does it include the full text of the example journal articles or the e-book chapter. It is designed to illustrate the *type* of practice offered, not to complete it for you.
