Writing Papers in APA format

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Writing Papers in APA format
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Basic guidelines

• APA format dictates
• 12-point font
• Times New Roman or Courier is preferred.
• Do not use a compressed typeface or any settings
  that would decrease the spacing between letters
  or words.
• Double-spacing throughout.
• Margins should be 1 inch all around.

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All pages should be numbered and include a
header.

• Attachment 2
• Early attachments predict success in college,
  graduate school, and career
• Success in college, graduate school, and
  career can be defined in many ways. Typically,
  these events occur in the early 20s to early 30s
  when individuals can be described by Eriksons
  fifth stage of psychosocial development, intimacy
  versus isolation (Erikson, 1985). Therefore,
  success at this stage must include an ability to
  relate to potential romantic partners, roommates,
  and business associates. The purpose of this
  paper is to examine some of the research on early
  attachment to determine the impact it

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All paragraphs should be indented.

• Attachment 2
• Early attachments predict success in college,
  graduate school, and career
• Success in college, graduate school, and
  career can be defined in many ways. Typically,
  these events occur in the early 20s to early 30s
  when individuals can be described by Eriksons
  fifth stage of psychosocial development, intimacy
  versus isolation (Erikson, 1985). Therefore,
  success at this stage must include an ability to
  relate to potential romantic partners, roommates,
  and business associates. The purpose of this
  paper is to examine some of the research on early
  attachment to determine the impact it .

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Short quotations (fewer than 40 words) should be
incorporated into the text and enclosed by double
quotation marks ().

• Attachment theory also considers the impact of
  the early parent-child relationship on adult
  interpersonal functioning. As Hazen and Shaver
  (1994) further discuss the implications of
  attachment, they specifically discuss the two
  types of maladaptive attachment styles
  anxious/ambivalent (preoccupied) and avoidant.
  They describe the anxious/ambivalent style as
  lacking confidence in the reliable responsiveness
  of others (p. 15). Further, they state, It is
  manifested in intensified expressions of distress
  and anger and diminished exploratory activity.
  (p. 15).

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Long quotations (40 words or more) should be
double-spaced in a block with no quotation marks.
Indent 5 spaces from the left margin for the
entire quote.

• From these beliefs about the self (the internal
  working model), the individual has a guide to
  their thoughts, feelings, and behavior in
  subsequent close relationships.
• Because of the interrelations among behavioral
• systems, malfunctioning in one system can cause
  
• dysfunction in another. Recall that, in studies
  with
• infants, attachment and exploratory behavior are
  
• closely intertwined. Smooth functioning
  of the
• exploratory system requires a quiescent
  (satisfied)
• attachment system (p. 15).
• This suggests that attachment style effects
  exploratory behavior

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Typing the manuscript

• Title page (see example) should have
• A running head
• Title
• Your name and course

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Title page

• Attachments 1
• Running Head EARLY ATTACHMENTS CAN PREDICT
  SUCCESS IN COLLEGE,
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• Early attachments can predict success in college,
  graduate school, and career
•  
• Diane Kreutzer
• Georgia School of Professional Psychology

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Text Begin on a new page with the title, a
double-space and the text.

• Attachment 2
• Early attachments predict success in college,
  graduate school, and
• career
• Success in college, graduate school, and career
  can be defined in many ways. Typically, these
  events occur in the early 20s to early 30s when
  individuals can be described by Eriksons fifth
  stage of psychosocial development, intimacy
  versus isolation (Erikson, 1985). Therefore,
  success at this stage must include an ability to
  relate to potential romantic partners, roommates,
  and business associates. The purpose of this

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• References
• Start the reference list on a new page using a
  hanging indent format.
• Provide the following information author, year
  of publication, title, and publishing data.
• Alphabetize according to the first authors last
  name. If no author is given, use the first major
  word of the title.

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Example

• References
• Bell, K. L. (1998). Family expressiveness and
  attachment. Social
• Development, 7, 37-53.
• Bliwise, N.G. (under review). Attachment styles
  and interpersonal
• relations in adulthood. Journal of Personal
  and Social
• Relationships.
• Erikson, E. (1985). The Life Cycle Completed.
  New York Norton Company.
• Fredrickson, B. (2000, March 7). Cultivating
  positive emotions to optimize health and
  well-being. Prevention Treatment, 3, Article
  0001a. Retrieved November 20, 2000, from
  http//journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030
  001a.html
• Hazen, C. Shaver, P. R. (1994). Attachment as
  an organizational framework for research on
  close relationships. Psychological Inquiry, 5,
  1-22.

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Referencing in the text

• Attachment theory also considers the impact of
  the early parent-child relationship on adult
  interpersonal functioning. As Hazen and Shaver
  (1994) further discuss the implications of
  attachment, they specifically discuss the two
  types of maladaptive attachment styles
  anxious/ambivalent (preoccupied) and avoidant.
  They describe the anxious/ambivalent style as
  lacking confidence in the reliable responsiveness
  of others (p. 15). Further, they state, It is
  manifested in intensified expressions of distress
  and anger and diminished exploratory activity.
  (p. 15).