Formatting Headings In Apa (Instructions And Samples) Page 2

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Level three heading. When one of your Level Two sections has two or more
subsections, you’ll use an indented Level Three heading for each subsection. Your Level
Three headings will be bolded, but they’ll be capitalized just like regular sentences. Each
will have a period after it, and the first sentence of the subsection will begin immediately on
the same line. The instructions on p. 62 don’t make that clear, but the examples on p. 58 do.
Level four heading. When one of your Level Three sections has two or more
subsections, you’ll use an italicized Level Four heading for each of them. Your Level Four
headings will be bolded, and they will be capitalized just like regular sentences. Each will
end with a period, and the first sentence of the subsection will begin immediately after it.
Level five heading. Lastly, when one of your Level Four sections has two or more
subsections, you’ll use an italicized, unbolded, Level Five heading for each of them. Your
Level Five headings will be capitalized just like regular sentences. Each will end with a
period, and the first sentence of the subsection will begin immediately after it.
The usual rule for writing outlines applies: if you have one heading of any kind you have
to have at least two of that kind in the same section (APA Manual, p. 62). For example, if
you have a Level Two “Medical Approaches” subheading under a Level One “Treatment
Approaches” heading, then you also need at least one more Level Two subheading in
that section. Not all your sections have to be the same, though: you could have
subsections in some parts of your paper but not others. For example, you might have:
Description of Problem
Level One
Causes of Problem
Level One
Treatment Approaches
Level One
Medical Approaches
Level Two
Behavioral Approaches
Level Two
One kind
Level Three
Another kind
Level Three
Conclusion
Level One
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