20 True False Questions on psych research methods

Student A is reviewing some materials for an upcoming paper. Student A comes across a really cool idea along the way and thinks this idea will be great to include in their paper. Student A doesn’t provide any citations for this idea in their paper. Student A has just committed plagiarism.

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You enrolled in PSY 290 last fall, but due to some unforeseen circumstances you had to withdraw from the course. You decide this term that you’ll submit your topic development assignment again because you figure it’s not a big deal since it is your original work. This is a form of self-plagiarism.

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When someone replaces a few words in a passage written by someone else in an attempt to summarize their work, this is called

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If you use directly quoted text from another source or from something you have previously written, you need to provide quotation marks with a citation that includes the author, year, and page number.

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It’s a good rule of thumb to write down an authors’ words verbatim when taking notes.

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A Running head is required on the title page of an APA student paper.

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Per APA 7th edition guidelines, the words Running head are no longer required before the running header.

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According to the APA 7th edition guidelines, papers should be written in fonts that are accessible to all readers. Which of the following is the most suitable font?

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When citing paraphrased text, in-text, which of the following would be the best choice(s) for a first text citation?

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For a work with three or more authors, you should write out the authors names for every citation.

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In APA, how is the Reference list arranged?

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Each reference citation should be organized with a hanging indent, meaning that the second and all subsequent lines should be indented.

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It is required to use the words “Retrieved from” or “Accessed from” before a DOI or URL.

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You are scrolling Instagram when you come across a link to a research article. You want to include this in your research proposal. According to APA 7th edition guidelines, you need to cite that you found the article through a social media post on Instagram.

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When citing a TED Talk from TED.com, you would use the presenter’s name as the author.

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Double-space formatting between lines of body text, titles, and the reference list is not required.

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According to APA style guidelines, writing should be logical and coherent. Which term best captures this guideline for effective writing?

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Which of the following parts of speech are recommended to be used sparingly?

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When writing about individuals with disabilities, it is perfectly fine to use identify-first language to describe their disability (i.e., blind person, autistic person, etc.).

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Any number at the start of a sentence should be written as a word.