Welcome to Lab!

Psych 144
Kara Sidorowicz
Wednesdays, 4-6:50

Lecture with Mik Yegiyan

Fall 2013
Agenda
1. Intro Activities
Lab Syllabus
Introductions
2. Finding Scholarly
Journal Articles
3. APA Review
4. References Assignment
 Lab Info
Office Hours
Tuesday, 11-12
Science II, Room 219

Email
ksidorow@mail.fresnostate.edu
Please include in the subject, Psych144,
Tuesday Lab, (message topic)
 Be Kind, Rewind
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 References, APA Style
General Reference Format
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of
Periodical, volume number (issue number), page range.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy

Journal Article with DOI:

Paivio, A. (1975). Perceptual comparisons through the mind's eye. Memory &
Cognition, 3, 635-647. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Journal Article without DOI (when DOI is not available):

Becker, L.J., & Seligman, C. (1981). Welcome to the energy crisis. Journal of
Social Issues, 37, 1-7.

REMEMBER:
Letter Capitalization
Hanging Indents
Punctuation
Italicize Journal Title/ Issue
APA Style In-Text Citations
3 Approaches
1. Parenthetical: most straightforward
2. Non-parenthetical
3. Direct Quotes (Probably wont use)

Parenthetical Parenthetical
First time you cite Subsequent
Type of Citation format, first time format, subsequent
the work in the text citations in the text
cited in text citations in text
One work, one author Thomason (2002) Thomason (2002) (Thomason, 2002) (Thomason, 2002)
Thomason and Fielding Thomason and Fielding (Thomason & Fielding, (Thomason & Fielding,
One work, two authors
(2009) (2009) 2009) 2009)
Thomason, Fielding, and (Thomason, Fielding, &
One work, three authors Thomason et al. (2011) (Thomason et al., 2011)
Walker (2011) Walker, 2011)

Thomason, Fielding,
(Thomason, Fielding,
One work, four authors Walker, and Zellers Thomason et al. (2012) (Thomason et al., 2012)
Walker, & Zellers 2012)
(2012)
One work, six or more
Zellers et al. (1990) Zellers et al. (1990) (Zellers et al., 1990) (Zellers et al., 1990)
authors

Groups (easily identified National Institute of (National Institute of

by their abbreviation) as Mental Health (NIMH, NIMH (2003) Mental Health [NIMH], (NIMH, 2003)
authors 2003) 2003)

Groups (no abbreviation) University of Tennessee University of Tennessee (University of Tennessee, (University of Tennessee,
as authors (2001) (2001) 2001) 2001)
 In-Text Citations
Using, et al. depends on:
# of authors
Whether or not you have already cited that author in
the document
Number of authors First text citation Subsequent text
(either parenthetical citations (all)
or narrative)

One or two Palmer & Roy, 2008 Palmer & Roy, 2008
Three, four, or five Sharp, Aarons, Sharp et al., 2007
Wittenberg, & Gittens,
2007

Six or more Mendelsohn et al., Mendelsohn et al.,

2010 2010
 How to Snag a Keeper

1. Henry Madden Resources

Henry Madden -> Databases by Subject ->
Psychology -> PsycINFO or PsycArticles
2. GoogleScholar
http://scholar.google.com/
. Peer-reviewed articles NECESSARY
. Articles often have references that are
related (whod have thunk it?)
Scroll down and click on Psychology
Click on PsychINFO [EBSCO]
If you are at home, you have to login
Type in what you want and hit Search
Try Different Words/ Combinations
Your search results for memoryappear
Choose to view PDF
 Google Scholar, On Campus
Helpful Resource!
Cited By Link Under Articles
Many Journals
BEWARE
Not all are from legitimate PEER REVIEWED
sources
Go to: http://scholar.google.com/
Click on Advanced Scholar Search
Click on which article you want.
link [PDF], links straight to PDF
 Google Scholar, Off-Campus
Follow the steps you used to get to
PsychINFO, but
Click Google Scholar (through Proxy) to
gain access to articles without being on
campus!
 What Research Project?
If you dont have an idea yet, start digging!
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Lab
Assignment 1
Submit via BB
Lab 1
APA FORMAT
 Reminder!!
Chapter Summaries
READ, then summarize key points
Clear, Concise, & Complete
Due Sundays, 11:59 pm
Submit via Chapter Summaries page on BlackBoard
Failure to follow directions outlined in the syllabus
will result in point deductions
Save file as your first and last name followed by the chapter
# (ex: Psyched Student Chapter 1.docx).
Do not include headings (name, section time, date, etc.) in
your summary
Font: 12-pt, Times New Roman
Double-spaced