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Psychology

School referencing guidelines

Click on the link below to access the referencing guidelines for Psychology using the APA style. DO NOT use Cite them right.

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Referencing examples

In text citation

Earlier analysis (Freud, 1936, p.54)...

Reference list

Freud, A. (1936). The ego and the mechanisms of defense. International Universities Press.

Print journal

In text citation

Research by Frosch (2002)....

Reference list

Frosch, A. (2002). Transference: psychic reality and material reality. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 19(4), 603-633.

E-journal (with DOI) - always include the DOI in the reference if one is assigned.

In text citation

...hand preference (Annett, 2009)

Reference list

Annett, M. (2009). Patterns of hand preference for pairs of actions and the classification of handedness. British Journal of Psychology, 100(3), 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712608x357867

In text citation

(Lee, 2020)

Reference list

Lee, C. (2020. February 19). A tale of two reference formats. APA Style Bloghttps://apastyle.apa.org/blog/two-reference-formats

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