Question

PART 1: Please answer the following questions using a Number List (one answer per line):

1. Which of the following citations is/are formatted correctly for APA style? Choose the correct letter, and write one sentence to explain your answer.

A. Epstein (2010) points out that “junk food cannot be considered addictive in the same way that we think of psychoactive drugs as addictive” (p. 137).

B. Addiction researchers caution that “junk food cannot be considered addictive in the same way that we think of psychoactive drugs as addictive” (Epstein, 2010, p. 137).

C. As noted in the book Junk Food, Junk Science (Epstein, 2010, p. 137), “junk food cannot be considered addictive in the same way that we think of psychoactive drugs as addictive.”

D. David Epstein’s book Junk Food, Junk Science (2010) pointed out that “junk food cannot be considered addictive in the same way that we think of psychoactive drugs as addictive” (p. 137).

E. All of the above.

2. Which one of the following quotations is NOT formatted correctly for APA style? Choose the correct letter, and write one sentence to explain your answer.

A. Chang (2008) emphasized that engaging in weight-bearing exercise consistently is one of the single best things women can do to maintain good health (p. 49).

B. In Chang’s 2008 text Weight Training for Women, she asserts, “Engaging in weight-bearing exercise is one of the single best things women can do to maintain good health” (p. 49).

C. “Engaging in weight-bearing exercise,” Chang asserts, “is one of the single best things women can do to maintain good health” (2008, p. 49).

D. None of the above.

3. Which one of the following citations is formatted correctly for APA style? Choose the correct letter, and write one sentence to explain your answer.

A. Experienced listeners are better able to comprehend accented speech (Susan Gass and Evangeline Varonis).

B. Experienced listeners are better able to comprehend accented speech (Gass and Varonis 1984).

C. Experienced listeners are better able to comprehend accented speech (Gass & Varonis).

D. Experienced listeners are better able to comprehend accented speech (Gass & Varonis, 1984).

Answer 1

Answer-1

B; because the citation in as per the American Psychological Association (APA) follows this format where the in-text citation includes the author’s last name, year, and then page number.

Answer-2

C; because the quotation is divided into two separate parts that violate the APA style of in-text quotations.

Answer-3

D; because author’s last name is mentioned and two authors are mentioned with the connector ‘&’ followed by the comma and year.