Use APA Style for your citations in this class—this style is almost always used for psychology research. The resources on this page will help you learn how to accurately format APA citations, and you can always contact the library or the UVU Writing Center for help.
The databases recommended in this guide include a tool that will automatically generate APA Style citations for articles. Look for a button on the right side of the page labeled Cite or Citation, then copy the citation labeled APA. However, these citations may contain formatting errors or missing information, since they're not actually made by a human. Be sure to proofread citations made by citation generators, and edit any mistakes! Use the citation resources on this page to help with this.
APA is the citation style commonly used for research in the social and behavioral sciences, business, education, and the sciences. The following resources will help you learn how to format APA citations.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: The Official Guide to APA Style, 7th Edition (Print Book)Author Last Name, Initials., & Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title of article: Subtitle of article. Title of Journal, volume#(issue#), page-page. DOI
Spear, L. P. (2018). Effects of adolescent alcohol consumption on the brain and behaviour. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 19(4), 197–214. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn.2018.10
To reference a statement or idea from an article, state the author(s) and year of publication in parentheses after the statement. List both authors’ last names for one or two author-papers. For three or more author-papers, cite the first author’s name and add “et al.” afterward.
Fatherhood has been found to reduce cell survival within the amygdala, a brain structure involved in mediating various social behaviors (Lieberwirth et al., 2012).
The social environment, including adult-adult and adult-offspring interactions, have been shown to affect distinct stages of adult neurogenesis (Lieberwirth & Wang, 2012).
