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Primary and Secondary Sources: Psychology

"In scholarly work, a primary source reports original content; a secondary source refers to content first reported in another source" (258).

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th ed., American Psychological Association, 2020

"[A] journal article about original research . . . written by the researcher" (38).

Landrum, R. Eric. Undergraduate Writing in Psychology: Learning to Tell the Scientific Story. Rev. ed. American Psychological Association, 2012