Whenever authors of research papers talk about results published by other scient

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Whenever authors of research papers talk about results published by other scientists, they MUST cite or specifically indicate where that information originated. These citations serve two main purposes. First, proper citations give credit where credit is due, and insure that one scientist does not falsely benefit (i.e., plagiarize) from the work of others. Second, citations allow you, the reader, to find the cited source article(s) and read further if you'd like.

Anytime a researcher writes a new article or book chapter for peer review, they must be extremely diligent about citing any information gathered from other articles or book chapters, and formatting those citations correctly in the text so that their readers can follow-up on them if needed. In APA style, there are three acceptable ways to reference previous research in the body of a paper. You may want to consult the APA style tutorial (http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) or Appendix of your textbook.

To practice these skills, consider the following quote from an actual journal article:

People seem to be greatly affected by how their objective outcomes compare to imagined outcomes that "might have been" (Markman, Gavanski, Sherman, & McMullen, 1993).

In the following answer choices, identify the TWO other correct ways of making an in-text citation

a. Markman, Gavanski, Sherman, and McMullen, 1993, indicated that people are greatly affected by how their objective outcome compares to their imagined outcome of "what might have been."

Explanation / Answer

In this case, the correct answers are Option C and D. Both of them illustrate the correct way of an in-text citation.

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