Running head: BRIEF TITLE IN ALL CAPS 50 CHARACTERS OR LESS 1

The Full and Complete Title of Your Paper Goes Here

Your First and Last Name

North Central State College

PSYC1010-09 (change this to your specific course section information)

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Abstract

An abstract is a single concise paragraph that provides an objective overview of the paper

(similar to the brief summation that you read on the back of a book). An abstract is NOT

indented and is to be 150 to 250 words. Abstracts may not be required for all papers, so

students should check with their instructors to verify if this is needed.

Keywords: schizophrenia, delusions, hallucinations

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The Full and Complete Title of Your Paper Goes Here (use the exact wording you

used for the title on your title page) this should be CENTERED

The content of your paper goes here. Whenever you reference ANYTHING from another

source make certain to cite that source within the context of your paper. If someone elses

writing has influenced your work, you MUST give credit to that source. This is true if you are

paraphrasing (putting the information in your own words) or directly quoting another source.

APA format utilizes an author-date (date refers to the year of publication) format for citation.

When in doubt, cite, cite, CITE! The correct in-text citation format is last name(s) of author,

publication year, and then page number (page number is REQUIRED for direct quotes and can

also be included for any reference notation that is not a direct quote). Thus, for the current

Introduction to Psychology textbook being used at North Central State College, the correct APA

in-text citation would be (Ciccarelli & White, 2015). If you need to indicate the page number,

this is the correct format (Ciccarelli & White, 2015, p. 281).

The first time information from a source with three to five authors is referred to in the

context of the paper, include all of the author names; such as (Zimbardo, Johnson, & McCann,

2013). The second (and any subsequent) time this same source with three to five authors is

referenced in the paper, utilize the et al. citation format (Zimbardo, et al., 2013). A direct

quote still requires page number information to be included in the parenthetical citation

(Zimbardo et al., 2013, p. 313). If you are using a source which happens to have six or more

authors, each time the source is cited in the paper, indicate the last name of the primary author

followed by et al.. Thus, this type of citation would appear as follows each time the source is

referenced in the body of your paper (Sanders, et al., 2011). For a source that has two authors,

always use the names of both authors in the in-text citation. For instance, the current child
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psychology textbook would be cited as follows throughout the entire paper (Boyd & Bee, 2012).

The same rules would apply for providing a page number for a direct quote within your paper

(Boyd & Bee, 2012, p. 111).

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References

Boyd, D. & Bee, H. (2012). The developing child (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Ciccarelli, S. K. & White, J. N. (2015). Psychology: An exploration (3rd ed.). Boston, MA:
Pearson.
Sanders, A. B., Harrison, C. D., Davis, E. F., Jacobs, G. H., Wyatts, I. J., & Collins, K.M.
(2011). This is a fictitious source just for the sake of demonstration.
Zimbardo, P. G., Johnson, R. L., & McCann, V. (2013). Psychology: Core concepts (7th ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.