{"id":13623,"date":"2020-12-01T16:18:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T07:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=13623"},"modified":"2021-01-11T11:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T02:05:27","slug":"how-to-use-apa-referencing-for-your-ia-and-ee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2020\/12\/01\/how-to-use-apa-referencing-for-your-ia-and-ee\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use APA referencing for your IA and EE"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is designed to give you a quick guide on how to make sure you’re using APA formatting properly. It will cover the two main elements to consider when using APA-style referencing in your psychology papers: in-text citations<\/span> and the references<\/span> list. <\/strong><\/p>\n

When it comes to citations, I think the\u00a0why\u00a0<\/em>is just as important as the how. <\/em>So\u00a0I am intent on making sure all IB Psychology students know why <\/em>it’s important to use proper citations.<\/p>\n

Why use citations?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you write something without a citation, you are saying to your reader “this is what I know and it’s come from my own brain.” That’s fine as long as it’s true. However, if you’ve used other people’s work and you don’t acknowledge this with proper referencing then you’re now plagiarising. You’re saying that what you’re written are your own ideas. But this isn’t true. It’s plagiarism because you’ve taken someone else’s hard work and you’re trying to pass it off as your own. This is why you must use references.<\/p>\n

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