While style guides and citation rules can seem fussy and unnecessary, academic fields like psychology adopt established publication guidelines to support scholarly communication with effective, clear, precise, inclusive, and consistent writing. When authors use publication guidelines like APA Style readers can more easily focus on the content of articles or papers and develop reading habits for efficiently scanning articles for important details and sections. In addition, papers that are free of errors in spelling, grammar, or other technical issues are less distracting for the reader.
APA Style includes some guidelines that are specific to either professional papers or student papers. Students should check with their instructor to ensure they are using the correct style for each course.
Brainfuse tutors can provide live, on-demand support for APA 7th edition styling and citations. Log into Brainfuse through Canvas or Connect and access the Writing Lab. Be sure to specify that your paper is in APA 7th edition style and indicate in the comments whether have been instructed to use professional style or student style.