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This official profile is maintained by experts at the American Psychological Association. We share tips about how to format a paper, create APA Style references in seventh edition (#APA7), write with concise and bias-free language, and more.

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You can find a complete list of examples covered on that page at apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma...

❓ Nursing students and instructors, what other types of works might be useful here?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Our latest APA Style blog post shares practical strategies and an APA Style activity to teach paraphrasing, including tips for avoiding plagiarism.

This blog post and the handout are designed for use by instructors, writing center staff, and anyone guiding students in scholarly writing. (3/4)
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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#APAStyle #APA7 #TeachingTips #AcademicWriting #HigherEd #Paraphrasing #TeachingAPAStyle
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November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Our latest APA Style blog post shares practical strategies and an APA Style activity to teach paraphrasing, including tips for avoiding plagiarism.

This blog post and the handout are designed for use by instructors, writing center staff, and anyone guiding students in scholarly writing. (3/4)
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Once you’ve learned to paraphrase effectively, you can combine ideas from multiple works into a discussion of how concepts are related or how they influence one another (i.e., synthesizing ideas). (2/4)
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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The first ghost guideline addressed in this webinar was about using first person!

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It's okay to say "I" and "you" in APA Style papers Do not refer to yourself in the third person ("the author") Do not use editorial "we" (it's vague)
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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"post hoc" and "ad hoc" include spaces, not hyphens, and "health care" generally includes a space:
🔹 post hoc: dictionary.apa.org/post-hoc-com...
🔹 ad hoc: dictionary.apa.org/ad-hoc
🔹 health care: dictionary.apa.org/health-care

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APA Dictionary of Psychology
A trusted reference in the field of psychology, offering more than 25,000 clear and authoritative entries.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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For these frequently asked spelling and/or capitalization questions, we follow Merriam-Webster's guidance:
🔹 master's degree: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/m...
🔹 bachelor's degree: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/b...
🔹 COVID or COVID-19: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"post hoc" and "ad hoc" include spaces, not hyphens, and "health care" generally includes a space:
🔹 post hoc: dictionary.apa.org/post-hoc-com...
🔹 ad hoc: dictionary.apa.org/ad-hoc
🔹 health care: dictionary.apa.org/health-care

#DictionaryDay

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APA Dictionary of Psychology
A trusted reference in the field of psychology, offering more than 25,000 clear and authoritative entries.
dictionary.apa.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM