Name: ________________________________ Date: ______________

American Psychological Association (APA) Style Study Guide

Chapter 15 (p.404-419) APA Communication Guidelines & Appendix E Example Paper

1. Describe the three guidelines proposed by APA to assist with clear paper writing.

2. Write two sentences (not from the book) that provide an example of effect as a noun, and affect as a
verb.

3. Write two sentences (not from the book) that provide an example of the proper use of then and than.

4. List the two general rules for reporting numbers.

5. There are several exceptions to the two general rules for reporting numbers. When starting a
sentence with a number use _______________ and when describing times, dates, ages, statistics, or
percentages use _________________.

6. For what two conditions should information be cited within the text of a paper and referenced at the
end of the paper?
7. An in-text citation provides what two pieces of information?

8. List the correct font size, the type of spacing that is used throughout most of a paper, and what you
do when you start a new paragraph.

9. In what order should the reference section, discussion, abstract, title page, figures, method,
introduction, and results be placed in for an APA paper?

10. What is the label at the start of the Introduction section and what type of information is found in this
section?

11. What kind of information should and should not be presented in a Results section?

12. References are arranged in ___________ order according the first author’s ____________ name and
reference styles for journal articles, books, newspaper articles and information from the Web are all
____________.

13. Describe the purpose of a Method section?