7th Edition
APA Style References
Formatting Activity
Rewrite the following references in correct seventh edition APA Style. There are 30
references labeled by type. Section numbers indicate where examples can be found in the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
Pay attention to both the order and format of elements in each reference. Use your word-
processing program to move elements into the correct order and to apply formatting (e.g.,
italics, hanging indent). Add, edit, or remove other elements (e.g., fix capitalization, add
punctuation) as needed.
To check your answers, see the APA Style Reference Examples PDF. More information
on references and reference examples are in Chapters 9 and 10 of the Publication Manual
as well as the Concise Guide to APA Style (7th ed.). Also see the Reference Examples
pages on the APA Style website.
1. Journal Article (Section 10.1)
Lachner, Andreas; Backfisch, Iris; Hoogerheide, Vincent; van Gog, Tamara; & Renkl, Alexander.
Timing Matters! Explaining Between Study Phases Enhances Students’ Learning. Journal of
Educational Psychology, Volume 112, Issue 4, 2020, pp. 841–853.
[Link]
2. Online Magazine Article (Section 10.1)
KASHMIRA GANDER, 4/29/20, COVID-19 VACCINE BEING DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA RAISES
ANTIBODIES TO NEUTRALIZE VIRUS IN PRE-CLINICAL TESTS, Newsweek,
[Link]
3. Print Magazine Article (Section 10.1)
A Royal Spark, By Katie Nicholl. VANITY FAIR, MAY 2020. VOLUME 62, NO. 5. Pages 56–65 and
100.
4. Online Newspaper Article (Section 10.1)
Early String Ties Us to Neanderthals. Roberts, Siobhan (April 9, 2020). The New York Times.
[Link]
5. Print Newspaper Article (Section 10.1)
G. Reynolds (2019, April 9). Different strokes for athletic hearts. The New York Times. Page D4
6. Blog Post (Section 10.1)
The Media Psychology Blog. (2019, March 11). Rutledge, P. The Upside of Social Media.
[Link]
7. Authored Book (Section 10.2)
Kaufman, Keith A.; Glass, Carol R.; & Pineau Timothy R. (2018). Mindful sport performance
enhancement: Mental training for athletes and coaches, American Psychological Association,
[Link]
8. Edited Book Chapter (Section 10.3)
Zeleke, Waganesh A.; Hughes, Tammy L.; Drozda, Natalie. Home–School Collaboration to
Promote Mind–Body Health. [Chapter]. Maykel, C. [Ed]; Bray, M. A. [Ed]. (2020). In Applying
psychology in the schools. Promoting mind–body health in schools: Interventions for mental
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health professionals. (pp. 11–26). American Psychological Association.
[Link]
9. Online Dictionary Entry (Section 10.3)
Internet addiction. In APA Dictionary of Psychology. American Psychological Association.
Retrieved April 24, 2020 from [Link] (n.d.)
10. Report by a Group Author (Section 10.4)
World Health Organization 2014. COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ON MATERNAL,
INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION, World Health Organization.
[Link]
ua=1
11. Report by Individual Authors (Section 10.4)
How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education. Rebecca Winthrop, Lauren
Ziegler, Rhea Handa, Foluyinka Fakoya. April 2, 2019. Center for Universal Education at
Brookings. [Link]
content/uploads/2019/04/how_playful_learning_can_help_leapfrog_progress_in_education.p
df
12. Press Release (Section 10.4)
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. Date created: March 2, 2020. APA Reaffirms
Psychologists' Role in Combating Climate Change. [Press Release].
[Link]
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13. Conference Session (Section 10.5)
Davidson, Richard J. (August 8–11, 2019). Well-being is a skill. Conference session. APA 2019
Convention, Chicago Illinois United States. [Link]
[Link]/a5ea5d51/files/uploaded/APA2019_Program_190708.pdf
14. Dissertation From a Database (Section 10.6)
Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts
social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition. Horvath-Plyman, Melissa.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global, (Publication No. 10937367). [Doctoral dissertation,
New York University]. 2018
15. Preprint Article (Section 10.8)
Latimier, A., Peyre, H., & Ramus, F. (2020, March 5). A meta-analytic review of the benefit of
spacing out retrieval practice episodes on retention. PsyArXiv
[Link]
16. Data Set (Section 10.9)
O’Donohue, William. Content Analysis of Undergraduate Psychology Textbooks. Ann Arbor, MI:
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2017-12-20.
[Link]
17. Film or Video (Section 10.12)
Film, Inside Out, (2015), Pete Doctor and Ronnie Del Carmen (Directors), Walt Disney Pictures
and Pixar Animation Studios
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18. TV Series Episode (Section 10.12)
Dippold, Katie. (Writer), & Trim, Michael. (Director). Fancy Party (Season 3, Episode 10) (TV
series episode). (2011, April 14). In Parks and Recreation, G. Daniels (Executive Producer), H.
Klein (Executive Producer), D. Miner (Executive Producer), & M. Schur (Executive Producer).
Deedle-Dee Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, Universal Media Studios.
19. Webinar (Section 10.12)
Hayley S. Kamin, Chelsea L. Lee, and Timothy L. McAdoo. 2020. Creating references using
seventh edition APA Style (Webinar). American Psychological Association,
[Link]
20. YouTube Video (Section 10.12)
Above The Noise. (10/18/2017). Can procrastination be a good thing (Video)? YouTube.
[Link]
21. Song or Track (Section 10.13)
Nirvana. (1991). "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Song). On Nevermind (Album). DGC.
22. Radio Broadcast (Section 10.13)
Hersher Rebecca (2020, March 19). Spring Starts Today All Over America, Which Is Weird.
[Radio broadcast]. NPR. ([Link]
over-america-which-is-weird).
23. Podcast Episode (Section 10.13)
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Santos, L. (Host). (n.d.) The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos. Episode 1: Psychopaths and
Superheroes [Audio podcast episode]. Pushkin Industries.
[Link]
24. Infographic (Section 10.14)
Infographic: American Psychological Association. (No Date). Data sharing.
[Link]
25. PowerPoint Slides From a Classroom Website (Section 10.14)
Mack, R. and Spake, G. (2018). [PowerPoint slides] Citing open source images and formatting
references for presentations. Canvas@FNU [Link]
26. Tweet (Section 10.15)
Twitter. Barack Obama, [@BarackObama]. (2020, April 7). It’s World Health Day, and we owe a
profound debt of gratitude to all our medical professionals. They’re still giving their all for us
every day, at great risk to themselves, and we can’t thank them enough for their bravery and
their service. [tweet]. [Link]
27. Open Educational Resource (Section 10.16)
Fagan, J. (March 25 2019), Nursing clinical brain. OER Commons. Retrieved from
[Link] January 7, 2020.
28. Webpage (Section 10.16)
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Nathan Chandler (2020 April 9). howstuffworks. ([Link]
vs-myth/strange-creatures/[Link]). What's the difference between
Sasquatch and Bigfoot?
29. Webpage on a News Website (Section 10.16)
The future of feminism. (Updated Mar 7, 2020). By Jessica Machado and Karen Turner. Vox.
[Link]
30. Webpage With a Retrieval Date (Section 10.16)
Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), Johns Hopkins University. (2020). COVID-19
Dashboard. [Link] (Retrieved May 6, 2020).
