Section I: OverviewChapter 1: Style Versus Format: Why It Matters to Your Audience and Why It Should Matter to You What Is the Difference Between APA Style and APA Format? Why APA Style Anyway? Wasn''t MLA Good Enough? In the Long Run, Attention to Detail Matters (Including APA Style and Format) Write for Your Specific Audience: Term Papers Versus Formal Research PapersChapter 2: Your Visual Table of Contents QuickFinder The Sample Paper With Content and Page NumbersSection II. Writing With (APA) Style: Big-Picture ItemsChapter 3: General Writing Tips Specific to APA Style: Bare-Bones Fundamentals Clear and Succinct Writing: Using Your Scholarly Voice Commonly Confused Words in Psychology and Beyond Subject-Verb Agreement Active Voice Versus Passive Voice in APA Style Some (But Not Too Much) First-Person Usage Avoiding AnthropomorphismChapter 4: A Quick Grammar Summary for APA-Style Writing Parts of a Sentence Parts of Speech Common Grammar Mistakes to AvoidChapter 5: Plagiarism and How to Avoid It: Thou Shalt Not Steal (or Be Lazy) But I Didn''t Know. It Sounds Like a Bad Word Quoting: More Than Just a Copy and Paste Paraphrasing: In Your Own Words An Author''s License (Yours): Modifying Source Material But I Can Freely Use My Own Work, Right? How About This for a Plagiarism Awareness Exercise?Chapter 6: Avoiding Biased Language The Fundamental Lesson: View People as Individuals First Specific Recommendations for Reducing Bias: Nonsexist Language and Other Areas Sexual Orientation Racial and Ethnic Identity Disabilities Occupations Gender and Pronouns: With an Indefinite RecommendationSection III. Writing With (APA) Style: Getting Down to BusinessChapter 7: Writing Your Introduction: Tying the Story all Together What to Include in Your Introduction Formatting Your Introduction Getting Your Introduction Started Using an Outline: Organizing Your Literature Review Common Mistakes to Avoid in your Introduction Outline for the Sample Introduction Section Included Sample PaperChapter 8: Writing Your Discussion: It''s a Wrap Formatting Your Discussion Section What to Include in Your Discussion Section Getting Your Discussion Section Started Organizing Your Discussion Section Common Mistakes to Avoid in your Discussion Section Outline for the Sample Discussion Section Included Sample PaperChapter 9: Citing Sources in Text: Whodunit (or Said It)? A Good Rule of Thumb Ready, Cite, GO In-Text Citation Basics Some CurveballsChapter 10: A Step-by-Step Playbook of Your Method: How, What, When, Who, and Where? Where in the Flow of Pages Do You Place the Method Section? Where in the Method Section Does This Information Go? Subjects/Participants Materials and Apparatus Procedure Formatting Your Method SectionChapter 11: Writing About Statistics and Associated Fun: How Did It All Turn Out? Let Us Talk Statistics Basics and Beyond Formatting Your Results Paragraph Including Effect Size and PowerChapter 12: Everybody Needs References A Helpful Note Creating Your References Section Using Abbreviations The Basics Basic References Section Formatting Rules Some Not-So-Basic Rules You Might NeedSection IV. Presenting Your Work in APA FormatChapter 13: The Numbers Game: How to Write Numbers (and When the Rules Change) When You Use Numerals When You Use Words Using Both Numerals and Words How to Use Decimal Points Additional Rules for Including Numbers in Your Paper Metrication When Do You Use Abbreviations?Chapter 14: Formatting: Organizing, Headings, and Making Your Work Look Good to Print What Goes Where? What Your Paper Should Look Like Headings Spelling Matters: Spelling and Capitalization Rules Final TouchesChapter 15: Table That Motion: The Special Challenges of Tables and Figures What Is What Getting the Look Down A Note on "Notes" Figuring It Out Get Legendary (and Use Captions) Where to Place Tables and Figures But I Am Doing a Literature Review: Could I Use a Table or Figure? Do Not ForgetChapter 16: Make Microsoft Word 2013 Work for You: APA Formatting Word 2013 Tabs and Drop-Down Menus Setting the Margins Line Spacing and Spacing Between Paragraphs Page Headers (First Page and Subsequent Pages) and Page Numbering Tabs, Centering, and the Ruler References and the Hanging Indent Preparing a Table (Rows, Columns, Lines, Centering) Fonts and Font Variations (Italics, Bold, Superscript) Page Breaks, Orphans, and Widows Spell-Checker and Grammar Checker Developing Good Habits: Autosaving, File Naming, File Storage, Frequent BackupsSection V. Some Nitty-Gritty DetailsChapter 17: Making a List, No Apps Required: Enumeration and Seriation Why Bother? Keeping Order at the Section Level Order Within Paragraphs or Sentences On a Related NoteChapter 18: Abbreviations, Signs, Symbols, and Punctuation: The Devil Is in the Details OMG: To Abbreviate or Not? Blinding You With Science and Latin PunctuationSection VI. In Closing: Important ConsiderationsChapter 19: Using Rubrics: Knowing What It Means to Write a Good Paper Follow Rubrics When Provided Example RubricChapter 20: Proofreading the Entire Paper: Get It Right! Sample Student Paper for Practicing ProofreadingChapter 21: Complete Sample of an Experimental (Research) Paper: Samples, Anyone? Sample Paper Additional Resources on WritingChapter 22: How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes: All Together Now APA Style and Format Checklist Be Aware of Professors'' Pet Peeves.