APA style is a set of guidelines developed to help writers express their ideas and research findings clearly and consistently. APA Style was developed by the American Psychological Association and is used in the social sciences, including psychology.
This online guide is designed to help students with several basic areas of APA Style including:
Here is a great example of how to construct your paper in APA Style. A special thanks to our own Ginger Glodowske for developing this example for Beal University.
WRITING STYLE
Avoid writing in first-person. APA style papers should be written in third-person.
Be concise and clear
Style matters
AVOIDING BIAS
Be sensitive to labels
Gender pronouns