Karlie Krause
APA Take Home Exam
Short Answer
13. Comparing Psychopharmacological Interventions with Psychotherapy in Anxiety Disorders (American Psychological Association, 2011, p.23).
14. 1. A. Life Span Development assigned three, short essays for the quarter, on the third essay I had used a run-on sentence. Specifically, “In order to be successful in this stage, a child must not be impacted by the negative aspects from their previous developmental phases, in addition to having supportive people around them to help them discover their talents and master difficult tasks,” (Crain, 2011).
B. I should break this sentence into two individual sentences. An easy break could occur between “phases” and “in addition”.
C. The American Psychology Association Publication Manual, in section 3.08 Economy of Expression under the Unit Length heading suggests that writing exclusively long involved sentences may result in incomprehensible material. Therefore, it is advisable to create variations in sentence length throughout the text (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 67). 2. A. An issue with APA style emerged in the my article summary assigned in my APA writing class, in this case I did not use Times New Roman for the header. B. I would change the header to Times New Roman 12 pt font. C. The APA Publication Manual calls for a typeface of Times New Roman in 12 point font, this was found at 8.03 under the Format heading in Typeface (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 228). 3. A. Another issue in the article summary was the lack of citations used, there was evidence of obvious paraphrasing that was not supplemented by a reference. For example, I used this sentence, “Furthermore, researchers suggested encouraging a student to identify their strengths in order to increase academic performance and engagement.” This was not followed by a citation. B. When referring to a researcher, I will make sure to use a citation. C. Under 6.01 in the APA Publication Manual is a section about Plagiarism which calls for an author to give credit to the source where credit is due. This includes specifically paraphrasing, directly quoting a work, and describing an idea that influenced my work (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 170). 4. A. In Dr. Amin’s cognitive class, I cited an article wrong. The citation is as followed: Bell, V. A., Halligan, P. W., & Ellis, H. D (2006). Explaining delusions: a cognitive perspective. …show more content…
To parenthetically cite the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, one would format the citation as such (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
16. An author should use “that” in a restrictive clause, while the word “which” should be used in a nonrestrictive clause. A restrictive clause can be identified in a statement when the identity of the subject is limited. In contrast, a nonrestrictive clause does not define the subject, but does provide an interesting idea or thought about the subject (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 83).
17. In conducting research, several factors need to be considered, namely generating viable hypotheses, participating in data collection, and keeping accurate tabulation of results (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 84).
18. 1. The correction is 4(2) not 4(2). Also, there should be a hyphen in the Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology between “cross” and “cultural” (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 186). 2. This reference is missing a “Retrieved from” source or a DOI. (American Psychological Association, 2011, p.
APA Take Home Exam
Short Answer
13. Comparing Psychopharmacological Interventions with Psychotherapy in Anxiety Disorders (American Psychological Association, 2011, p.23).
14. 1. A. Life Span Development assigned three, short essays for the quarter, on the third essay I had used a run-on sentence. Specifically, “In order to be successful in this stage, a child must not be impacted by the negative aspects from their previous developmental phases, in addition to having supportive people around them to help them discover their talents and master difficult tasks,” (Crain, 2011).
B. I should break this sentence into two individual sentences. An easy break could occur between “phases” and “in addition”.
C. The American Psychology Association Publication Manual, in section 3.08 Economy of Expression under the Unit Length heading suggests that writing exclusively long involved sentences may result in incomprehensible material. Therefore, it is advisable to create variations in sentence length throughout the text (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 67). 2. A. An issue with APA style emerged in the my article summary assigned in my APA writing class, in this case I did not use Times New Roman for the header. B. I would change the header to Times New Roman 12 pt font. C. The APA Publication Manual calls for a typeface of Times New Roman in 12 point font, this was found at 8.03 under the Format heading in Typeface (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 228). 3. A. Another issue in the article summary was the lack of citations used, there was evidence of obvious paraphrasing that was not supplemented by a reference. For example, I used this sentence, “Furthermore, researchers suggested encouraging a student to identify their strengths in order to increase academic performance and engagement.” This was not followed by a citation. B. When referring to a researcher, I will make sure to use a citation. C. Under 6.01 in the APA Publication Manual is a section about Plagiarism which calls for an author to give credit to the source where credit is due. This includes specifically paraphrasing, directly quoting a work, and describing an idea that influenced my work (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 170). 4. A. In Dr. Amin’s cognitive class, I cited an article wrong. The citation is as followed: Bell, V. A., Halligan, P. W., & Ellis, H. D (2006). Explaining delusions: a cognitive perspective. …show more content…
To parenthetically cite the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, one would format the citation as such (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
16. An author should use “that” in a restrictive clause, while the word “which” should be used in a nonrestrictive clause. A restrictive clause can be identified in a statement when the identity of the subject is limited. In contrast, a nonrestrictive clause does not define the subject, but does provide an interesting idea or thought about the subject (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 83).
17. In conducting research, several factors need to be considered, namely generating viable hypotheses, participating in data collection, and keeping accurate tabulation of results (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 84).
18. 1. The correction is 4(2) not 4(2). Also, there should be a hyphen in the Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology between “cross” and “cultural” (American Psychological Association, 2011, p. 186). 2. This reference is missing a “Retrieved from” source or a DOI. (American Psychological Association, 2011, p.