Assignment 6: Essay Example

Anne Tran

University of Notre Dame, Fremantle

03/05/2019
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Table of Contents
American Psychological Association Style Sample ................................................................................... 3
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Discussion ............................................................................................................................................................... 3
Examples ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Format ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Summary................................................................................................................................................................. 5
References ................................................................................................................................................................... 6

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American Psychological Association Style Sample

Introduction

The American Psychological Association (APA) style is primarily used in the

social science disciplines. It is formatted like Modern Language Association (MLA),

and shows many similarities, but is unique in several key points. This paper

discusses the APA in detail. Addressing plagiarism has become a major challenge in

education and educating students in referencing correctly with the APA 6th is one

way of trying to overcome the problem (Bretag, 2013; Manar & Shameem, 2014).

Discussion

APA uses parenthetical (or in-text) citations within sentences, but rather than

indicating the author's name and page number, APA includes author's name and date

of publication. The page number, represented with a p. or a pp., is only added to the

citation when using a direct quote (not a summary or paraphrase). If the author's

name is mentioned in the sentence, the date of publication should be placed in

parentheses directly after the name. If the name is not mentioned, include the author's

name and date in parentheses at the end of the source material. Furthermore, if you

use a direct quote, place the page number after the publication date within the

parentheses.

Examples

Note the difference between the following three examples:

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Terrence (2007) has presented poignant examples from 150 interviews. However, it

has been pointed out that the research was conducted in a selective and highly biased

way (Strong & Porter, 1998). All of the interviewees have been called “exceptions to

the norm” (Strong & Porter, 1998, p. 540).

Note the first example paraphrases of an author that is named in the sentence,

the second example paraphrases of the authors that are not named in the sentence,

and the third example which provides a direct quote (thus the inclusion of the page

numbers). However, the third example does not identify the authors within the

sentence. If the authors were identified within the sentence in the third example, the

authors' names would be followed by the year of publication and only the page

numbers would be in the parentheses at the end of the quote.

Format

Finally, the bibliographic page in APA style differs from MLA, what APA

calls the Reference page. You will notice a few immediate differences from the MLA

Works Cited format. With APA, you include the initial of the author's first name

rather than the complete name. The publication date immediately follows the author's

name in parentheses, and titles of articles are not surrounded with quotation marks.

The lists are still alphabetized by author's last name (or title in the absence of an

author) and the first line is flush left while subsequent lines in the same entry are

indented in (approximately 5 spaces or one tab). A good resource to help you with

referencing is Notre Dame’s referencing guide at

http://library.nd.edu.au/referencing/apa#s-lg-box-3040351. There is also a summary

downloadable help document available at:

http://library.nd.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=8053459. In APA Style, you include a

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reference list rather than a bibliography with your paper (APA, 2019). A reference

list consists of all sources cited in the text of a paper, whereas a bibliography may

include resources that were consulted but not cited in the text as well as an annotated

description of each one.

Summary

The School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia, uses the APA

6th referencing style for all written documents. In addition to in text referencing and

the reference list, there are a number of formatting requirements to ensure your essay

complies with APA standards. Get to know the APA 6th.

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References

APA. (2019). Bibliography versus reference list. Retrieved from

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-references.aspx#Bibliography

Bretag, T. (2013). Challenges in addressing plagiarism in education. PLoS Medicine,

10(12), 1-4. doi:10.1371/jourmal.pmed.1001574

Manar, H., & Shameem, F. (2014). Attitude of students towards cheating and

plagiarism: University case study. Journal of Applied Sciences, 14(8), 748-757.

doi:10.3923/jas.2014.748.757

Strong, R. L. & Porter, M. (1998). Grammatical Combinations. In S. Parker, & K.

Gibson (Ed.), Language and Literacy (p 540-578). Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press.

Terrence, H. S. (2007, November 1). Student Success in Community Colleges. The

West Australian, p. 6-7.