APA Activities

Activity 1:
1. Correct the in-text citation in the sentence below.
Neither group showed any significant growth (Wong and Tuttle 2005).
Neither group showed any significant growth (Wong & Tuttle, 2005).

2. Correctly format the reference below.

Bretschneider, John Garrett and McCoy, Nancy Lewis, 1968. Sexual Interest and
Behavior in Healthy 80- 102-Year-Olds. Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 14, pp. 343350.
Bretschneider, J.G., & McCoy, N.L. (1968). Sexual Interest and Behavior in Healthy 80102-Years-Olds. Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 14, pp.343-350.

3. Correctly format the reference below.

Hashimoto, Thomas. (March 13, 2000, p. 23). Seeing Red in November. Newsweek, vol.
199.
Hashimoto, T. (2000, March 13). Seeing Red in November. Newsweek, vol. 199.

4. What is the correct way to format quotations longer than 40 words?

Place quotations longer than 40 words in a freestanding block of typewritten lines and omit
quotation marks.
5. Compose a direct quotation using only the underlined information from the sentence
below. The quotation should be grammatically and APA stylistically correct.
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen that deals with issues of class, gender,
and social status, in addition to being a love story.

2013. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.

6. Rewrite the quote below so that it includes an explanation in your own words to the
reader that Mr. Johnson is the founder of the Eat More Oreos Foundation.
Mr. Johnson declined to comment on this article.

7. Does the sentence below need to be cited? Why or why not?

Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft.
I would say no because this is a common question.

8. Does the sentence below need to be cited? Why or why not?

Students who studied two hours a day did 25% better on the final exam.

APA Activities
Activity 2: Citing Practice
Create a reference page by citing the following sources in correct APA format. You may use your
text or the OWL website to help you, but do not use citation generators.

A text book: The second edition of Psychology and Your Life by Robert S. Feldman
written in 2013. The publishing city is New York New York published from McGraw Hill
Companies.

Snickers commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPLR9l0CYA

PBS Frontline special League of Denial

The document found at this address:

http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/er/pdf/0383er(2013).pdf

The movie Silver Linings Playbook

The episode of Friends titled: The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss

The 6th edition of the APA Manual

(Felcman, 2013)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPLR910CYA)
(PBS Frontline special League of Denial)
(The movie Silver Linings Playbook)
(http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/er/pdf/038er(2013).pdf)
(The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss)
(The 6th edition of the APA Manual)