PSY 160: Cultural Psychology: APA style and Zotero

The APA will release the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020) in October 2019.

Highlights include the following:

• Full color throughout for the first time.
• The debut of a tabbed, spiral-bound edition, which joins the paperback, hardcover and e-book formats.
• An updated chapter with guidelines for writing without bias that address age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, intersectionality and the use of “they” as singular.
• A new chapter about APA’s updated journal article reporting standards.
• New student-specific resources, including a sample paper and guidelines for formatting annotated bibliographies.
• Best practices for ethical writing, including discussions on avoiding plagiarism and updated guidance on navigating the publication process and disseminating research findings.
• 100+ new reference examples, including coverage for websites, social media and classroom resources, plus more than 40 new sample tables and figures.
• The recommendation for only one space after punctuation at the end of a sentence.