This learning activity is designed to teach you the basics of “APA Style,” the writing and formatting approach promoted by the American Psychological Association for social sciences writing and research (such as scholarly journals). It is also how we format our papers, our research, and in some sense, our way of thinking about all things psychological. Understanding APA style well means you will be able to both understand and produce good social science papers, research, and more. In this course, you are required to develop a well-formatted and well-written Application of Psychological Theories to Personal Experience Essay using APA style. Learning APA style is inherently connected with your ability to do well in this course, and in all future psychology courses as your instructors and assignments will require you to demonstrate your abilities and skills in adhering to APA style. Learning Activity Part One Write in your own words a ½ to 1-page definition of plagiarism and how to avoid it. Part Two Taken from our textbook Psychology in Everyday Life by Myers and Dewall, how would you rewrite/cite these sentences to avoid plagiarism? Although the brains of young children show the greatest ability to reorganize and adapt to damage, adult brains have some capacity of self-repair. Psychology is both a science and a profession. Review the resources in the Assignment Helps on the right side of this page for assistance with APA style and formatting.