What This Document Is
This is a practice exercise for students in Grand Canyon University’s PSY 260: Introduction to Psychological Research and Ethics course. Specifically, it focuses on applying American Psychological Association (APA) style guidelines to reference various sources. The exercise is titled “Topic 2 APA Article Reference Exercise.”
Why This Document Matters
This assignment is designed for students learning to properly cite sources in psychological research. Correct APA formatting is crucial for academic integrity and clear communication within the field. It’s typically used as a graded assessment to ensure students can accurately apply APA rules before submitting larger research papers.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This document provides practice with specific reference types – journal articles and textbook chapters – and does *not* cover all possible source formats (e.g., websites, reports, legal documents). Students will still need to consult a comprehensive APA style guide (like the Purdue OWL) for less common source types.
What This Document Provides
The full document includes:
* Examples of correctly formatted APA references for journal articles and textbook chapters.
* Incorrectly formatted references for students to correct.
* A set of source details (title, author, date, publication information) for students to use in creating new APA references.
* Four journal articles for students to reference, with a requirement that two are empirical and two are review articles.
* A requirement to reference a specific chapter from the course textbook.
* Links to helpful APA formatting resources like the Purdue OWL and Son of Citation Machine.
* Four example references already completed.
This preview does *not* include the solutions to the correction exercises, the full text of the journal articles, or the textbook chapter itself.
