Question

On your own and then with your group, complete the following questions.

Read the following paragraph. Questions 1-4 refer to this paragraph.

According to Stel, Bos, & Bal, (2008), people have the necessity to believe that the world is a just place, as it makes them feel better about their own decisions and the outcomes they will inevitably experience. As these authors note, “The belief in a just world gives them somewhat of a safety blanket – the assurance that bad things only happen to bad people while good things happen to good people (page number 263). ” This belief in a just reason does a few things for people. 1st, it helps them see the world as less chaotic than it really is. This can be reassuring in the sense that the world is predictable. Second, it helps them psychologically, as they can see cause-and-effect relationships in the world, which provides a strong foundation for acting. This does not imply that they see the world as it really is, though. Blaming the victim actually takes them away from reality. So what happens when you reinforce that reality? That is what Stel et al. did in their study. After watching a videotape of a victim falling down stairs, they had some people engage in mimicry of the victim (essentially copying the victim’s fall, albeit in a padded research lab). Compared to participants who did not engage in mimicry, those who copied the victim’s fall blamed the victim less for the incident. In the end, many factors (such as increasing identification, empathy, or priming people to consider things from the victim’s perspective), can influence their degree of commitment to the belief in a just world (Harber and Dalton et al, 2015).

1. The paragraph above has several APA formatting errors. Your job is to spot at least three errors, which you will describe. Below, type in the error and the correction for that error. (If you see less than four errors, then type “no other errors” in the remaining blank spaces). Assume that the paragraph above is in the literature review of a paper (in the introduction). You can also assume that it has 1 inch margins and is double spaced)

2. What is (are) the independent variable(s) in this study?What is (are) the dependent variable(s) in this study?

3. Rewrite the paragraph as it SHOULD look in correct APA format

Answer 1

1. First mistake: “Stel, Bos, & Bal, (2008)” should be “Stel, Bos and Bal (2008)”.

2. Second mistake: “(page number 263)” should be “(p. 263)”.

3. Third mistake: “1st” should be “First”.

4. Fourth mistake: “Stel et al.” should be “Stel et al. (2008)”

5. Fifth mistake: “(Harber and Dalton et al, 2015)” should be “(Harber et al., 2015)”.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.