APA STYLE MANUSCRIPT Example of an APA-style manuscript ...

APA STYLE MANUSCRIPT Example of an APA-style manuscript ... APA STYLE MANUSCRIPT Example of an APA-style manuscript ...

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APA style manuscript 2AbstractThis is an example of a minimal “manuscript” using the L A TEX apa.cls document class totypeset manuscripts according to the Americal Psychological Association (APA) manual,fifth edition.

APA style manuscript 3Example of an APA-style manuscriptHere goes the text of the article. Note that the content begins immediately aftermaketitle and there is no blank line between the title command and the article text.This first section of the article is typically the introduction and, according to APA style,should not bear a section heading. 1 Subsequent sections, however, are titled according tothe psychological conventions.Experiment 1Manuscripts in APA style often contain descriptions of experiments. The APAmanual specifications for referring to experiments are to use a lowercase “e” whenspeaking generally, as in the previous phrase, but an uppercase “E” when mentioning aparticular experiment (as in the following phrase), such as Experiment 1.MethodThe “method” is a subsection of the experimental presentation in which all thedetails of setting up and conducting the experiment are described. There a number ofmore or less standard components to a method, shown below.Participants. Psychological experiments are conducted with participants, usuallyhumans. Note that these used to be called “subjects” but apparently APA now finds itinappropriate to refer to people with this term. Here we mention how many participantsthere were, their ages and other information about them.Apparatus. Sometimes it is necessary to give the apparatus a special section.Stimuli. What the subjects saw, heard, or felt.Procedure. What happened to the poor subjects.

<strong>APA</strong> <strong>style</strong> m<strong>an</strong>uscript 2AbstractThis is <strong>an</strong> example <strong>of</strong> a minimal “m<strong>an</strong>uscript” using the L A TEX apa.cls document class totypeset m<strong>an</strong>uscripts according to the Americal Psychological Association (<strong>APA</strong>) m<strong>an</strong>ual,fifth edition.

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