In the Body of the Paper

As shown by the classic study by Word, Zanna, and Cooper (1974), race often has a strong influence on the way that people interact with one another in social situations.

OR

Race often has a strong influence on the way that people interact with one another in social situations, and job interviews are no exception (Word, Zanna, & Cooper, 1974).

     NOTE: For articles/books with three or more authors, you can use "et al." the second time you cite the book (and all other times except the first time).  For example:

Ö an effect which has been demonstrated repeatedly by researchers (Word et al., 1974).
 

At the End of the Paper

Journal/Magazine Article

    Word, C.O., Zanna, M.P., & Cooper, J. (1974).  The nonverbal mediation of self-fulfilling prophecies in interracial interaction.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 10, 109-120.

Book

     Aronson, E., Wilson, T.D., & Akert, R.M. (1999).  Social Psychology (3rd ed.).  New York, NY: Longman.

Book Chapter

     Gaertner, S.L., & Dovidio, J.F. (1986).  The aversive form of racism.  In J.F. Dovidio & S.L. Gaertner (Eds.), Prejudice, discrimination, and racism (pp. 61-89).  San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
 

NOTE:
 * only the first word of article/book titles are capitalized (in the case of a colon, the first word after the colon
        is capitalized as well)
 * in the title of a journal, however, all significant words are capitalized
 * for book chapters, the authors of the book itself are not inverted (in other words, put the first initials before the
        last name)
* for a book with more than one publisher location, list the first city
* page numbers are not necessary unless you're using a direct quotation
* commas and periods always go inside quotation marks
 

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