APA Style

In which text the citation is correct according to APA style?

• What Chabris and Simons (2010) set out to prove was that when people are asked to attend to one task, they focus so strongly on that element that they may miss other important details. About half of the participants in their study did not notice the gorilla at all . .

• What Chabris and Simons (2010) set out to prove was that when people are asked to attend to one task, they focus so strongly on that element that they may miss other important details. About half of the participants in the study of Chabris and Simons (ibid.) did not notice the gorilla at all . . .

• What Chabris and Simons (2010) set out to prove was that when people are asked to attend to one task, they focus so strongly on that element that they may miss other important details. About half of the participants in the study of Chabris and Simons (see Chabris & Simons, 2010) did not notice the gorilla at all . . .

• What Chabris and Simons (2010) set out to prove was that when people are asked to attend to one task, they focus so strongly on that element that they may miss other important details. About half of the participants in the study of Chabris and Simons (2010) did not notice the gorilla at all . . .

Answer explanation

The source is clear and there is no unnecessary repetition of the source in the second sentence.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In which text the citation is correct according to APA style?

• Hinse/Mathieu (2021) investigated the impact of leadership styles on employee job satisfaction.

• Hinse and Mathieu (2021) investigated the impact of leadership styles on employee job satisfaction.

• Hinse & Mathieu (2021) investigated the impact of leadership styles on employee job satisfaction.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

In which text the citation is correct according to APA style?

You can choose more than one option.

• Individual differences in reaction times have been found (Paluch et al., 2021, p. 275).

• In 2006 Kelly and Jennions developed a theory . . .

• Aalbers and Van Zoonen (2005, p. 361) conclude that the current ways of watching television that they encounter in families are an excellent match for the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In which text the citation is correct according to APA style?

• Sherman, Cheng, Fingerman and Schnyer (2015) showed . . .

• Sherman & Cheng & Fingerman & Schnyer (2015) showed . . .

• Sherman et al. (2015) showed . . .

• Sherman et all (2015) showed . . .

Answer explanation

Because there are more than 2 authors you name the first followed by et al. as is done here (et al. stands for et alii, Latin for and others).This also applies to all subsequent references to this source in the text.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

In which text the citation is correct according to APA style?

• Effective teams can be difficult to describe because "high performance along one domain does not translate to high performance along another" (Ervin et al., 2018, p. 470).

• Effective teams can be difficult to describe because "high performance along one domain does not translate to high performance along another (p. 470)" (Ervin et al., 2018).

• Effective teams can be difficult to describe because "high performance along one domain does not translate to high performance along another" (Ervin et al., 2018) [p. 470].

• Effective teams can be difficult to describe because "high performance along one domain does not translate to high performance along another" (Ervin et al., 2018).

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is wrong in this reference?

Kaczynska, J., and Janik, P. (2021). Blocking tics in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Frontiers in Neurology, 12, Article 686785. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.686785

• Between author names “&” should be used instead of “and”.

• There should be quotation marks around the title: " “

• The year should not be in parentheses.

• The start and end pages of an article should always be noted.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is wrong in this reference?

Lentin, Alana. (2020). Why Race Still Matters. Polity Press.

• 1. Alana should be A.

• 2. The year should not be in parentheses.

• 3. The words Race, Still en Matters should not begin with capitals.

• 1 and 3

• 1 and 2 and 3

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CCSS.L.5.2

You want to cite information from the chapter "A natural blueprint of language acquisition" of M.A. Skeide. This chapter is part of the book "Human language: From genes and brains to behavior" from 2019, of which P. Hagoort is the editor.How do you cite this source?

• In text: . . . where, when and how the maturing brain masters the language processing steps (Skeide, in Hagoort, 2019). In the reference list:

  Hagoort, P. (Ed.). (2019). Human language: From genes and brains to behavior. MIT Press.

• In text: . . . where, when and how the maturing brain masters the language processing steps (Skeide, 2019). In the reference list:

  Skeide, M. A. (2019). A natural blueprint of language acquisition. In P. Hagoort (Ed.), Human language: From genes and brains to behavior (pp. 147-161). MIT Press.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the correct order of these references in a reference list? (only the beginning of the references is shown here)A. Cracker, H. E., & Bacon, Y. A. (2013). [. . .]B. Cracker, H. E., & Cheese, M. M. (2017). [. . .]C. Cheese, M. M., & Cracker, H. E. (2020). [. . .]D. Cracker, H. E. (2021). [. . .]

• C - A - B - D

• C - D - A - B

• A - B - C - D

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Which of these references is correct according to APA style?

• A

• B

• C

Answer explanation

 If an electronic article has no DOI, use the URL of the article on the journal's website. The title of the journal (or its abbreviation) can often be identified in this URL.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4