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APA Language Guidelines Review and Updates for PSYC 200 Course

Get updated on APA language guidelines, punctuation style, and practice tests for PSYC 200. Review dirty grammar, comma usage, and editorial style for better writing. Stay on track with assignments and improve your language skills.

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APA Language Guidelines Review and Updates for PSYC 200 Course

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  1. PSYC 200Week #5 APA Language Guidelines (review and new)

  2. Agenda • Assignment Updates and Changes • APA Language Guidelines (cont’d) • APA Editorial Style (punctuation only) • APA Practice Test #1 (discuss in-class) • APA Scavenger Hunt

  3. Assignment Update and Changes • Single Article Review • Still being graded, should be done by next week • Two-Article Review • No longer a graded assignment!!!! • Students who wish to submit the assignment for extra-credit (max 3% points on final grade), must do so by next class (deadline doesn’t change). • For example, if you get a 5 out of 10 (50%), you will obtain 50% of the max points—50% of 3 points is 1.5 points of extra credit.

  4. Headings Language Guide apa language style guidelines (cont’d)

  5. Quick Review • How many different levels of heading can there be? 5 • Which heading level(s) are bold? All except for #5. • When should one use the word whom? When the person receives the action. • When should one use the word since? Only when referring to time passing

  6. Dirty Grammar • Plural possessives • Individual, individuals, individual’s, and individuals’ • Pronoun shifting • Someone cannot be a they • INCORRECT:A teacher is a very important person; they form students’ minds. • CORRECT: Teachers are very important people; they form students’ minds. Quick APA Language Guide - Grammar

  7. Dirty Grammar • Make ‘em parallel • My experience with psychology is mostly from attending classes, working with children, and to read books. • If you can’t pull it apart, then it ain’t parallel • ..from attending classes • ..from working with children • ..from read books Quick APA Language Guide - Grammar

  8. Some vocab to get your claws on • Clause • A set of words that form a complete idea • Independent Clause • A set of words that form a complete sentence • Complete Sentence • Contains a subject • Contains a verb • A great idea. (not complete) • Reading is a great idea. (complete) • Dependent Clause • A set of words that DO NOT form a complete sentence, but rely on an independent clause for completion.

  9. Dirty Grammar – Comma use • I expect to gain much experience in this class, and hope to find out a direction for my career. • I expect to gain much experience in this class • hope to find out a direction for my career • I expect to gain much experience in this class, and I hope to find out a direction for my career. • I expect to gain much experience in this class • I hope to find out a direction for my career • Mostly, whenever possible, use, or otherwise utilize, a comma on introductory phrases • At that time, I wanted to be a counselor Quick APA Language Guide - Grammar

  10. APA Editorial style

  11. What is editorial style? • The collection of rules and methods for presenting written information that go beyond the typical rules of written English. • Punctuation (today) • Spelling • Capitalization • Italics • Abbreviations • Numbers • Metrication • Statistical & Math

  12. Punctuation • Space • Period • Comma • Semicolon • Colon • Dash • Quotation Marks • Parentheses • Brackets • Slash

  13. Punctuation - Space • 2 spaces after end-of-sentence punctuation • 1 space after initials • 1 space after colon, semi-colon, etc.

  14. Punctuation - Period

  15. Punctuation - Comma

  16. Punctuation - Semicolon

  17. Punctuation - Colon

  18. Punctuation - Dash

  19. Punctuation – Double Quotation Marks

  20. Punctuation – Quotation Marks • Except for direct quotes, place periods or commas within closing quotation marks. • Mitchell (2008) found that “students who did not read their texts obtained a course grade that was, on average, 10 points lower than student who did read” (p. 32). • The participants found the confederate’s behavior to be “normal.” • Use single quotes within double quotation marks only.

  21. Punctuation – Parentheses

  22. Punctuation – Brackets

  23. Punctuation – Slash

  24. Review and Next Class • Will be completing the APA Practice Test #2 In-Class next week • The extra credit Two-Article Summary is due next week (if desired) • We will discuss the Gramlich rewriting assignments in-class next week.

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