APA stands for American Psychological Association. It is a way to format your paper and give credit to your sources.
Who uses APA style?
Journal Article
Grady, J.S., Her, M,. Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
(Grady et al., 2019)
Newspaper Article
Carey, B. (2019, March 22). Can we get better at forgetting? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/health/memory-forgetting-psychology.html
(Carey, 2019)
Book
Rabinowitz, F.E (2019). Deepening group psychotherapy with men: Stories and insights for the journey. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/00001132-000
(Rabinowitz, 2019)
Chapter of a Book
Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their developments. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345-359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016
(Aron et al., 2019)
Webpage on a Website
National Institute of Mental Health. (2018, July). Anxiety disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/indnex.shtml
(National Institute of Mental Health, 2018)