\documentclass[man, a4paper, 12pt, natbib, longtable]{apa6} % Loads etoolbox.  Loads caption, redefining the caption setup.
% If required, load longtable as a class option: \documentclass[doc, a4paper, 12pt, natbib, longtable]{apa6} 
% jou formats the document with an appearance resembling a printed APA journal (text in two-sided, two-column format).
% man formats the document in close compliance to the requirements for submission to an APA journal (title page, double-spacing, etc.).
% doc formats the document as a typical LaTeX document (one-sided, single-column, etc.) appropriate for coursework.

% On some printers the running head gets clipped off -- these settings restore it.
\setlength{\paperwidth}{210mm}
\setlength{\textwidth}{160mm}
\setlength{\textheight}{230mm}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0mm}

% Use XeTeX to get easier font specification.
\usepackage{fontspec}  %  Select Times New Roman as the default font, and DejaVu Sans as the monospaced font.
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text, Scale=MatchLowercase}
\setmainfont{Times New Roman}
\setmonofont{DejaVu Sans}

% Include various useful packages.  These are not used in this template, but might be relevant in a full-length study.
\usepackage{tabularx}  % More versatile tables.  Needs to be above longtable
\usepackage{booktabs}  % Modern-style tables.
\usepackage{multirow}  % Merge cells in a table: provides \multirow, \multicolumn
\usepackage{array}  % Allows justification to be specified in tabularx columns.
\usepackage{dcolumn}  % Allows table columns to be aligned by decimal point.
% \newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}  % Define decimal column type in dcolumn.  % Example of use.
% \setlength{\tabcolsep}{20pt}
\usepackage{rotating}  % Allows wide tables to be rotated.  Read the docs for more details.
\usepackage{footnote}  % Saves footnotes occurring in a table and prints them out at the end of the table, so that they show properly.  Use \begin|\end{savenotes}.
\usepackage{pdfpages}  % Allows raw pdfs to be included in the document.  Use: \include{filename.pdf}
\usepackage[obeyspaces, hyphens]{url}  % Use urls in text and captions with sensible linewrap.
\usepackage{graphicx}  % Allows images to be inserted.
\usepackage{underscore}  % Escape _ so that it doesn't cause compile errors.
\usepackage{setspace}  % Allow linespacing to be adjusted.
% \usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}  % Allow text to be coloured.  NOTE: needs to be loaded before the todonotes package.
\usepackage{todonotes}  % Allow to-dos and other notes to be inserted.
\usepackage{enumitem}  % More control over lists.
% \setlist[enumerate]{labelsep=*,itemsep=-1ex,topsep=-1ex}  % Example of use.
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}  % Allow strikethrough - \sout{}, and wrappable underline - \uline{}.  NOTE: [normalem] is to prevent italics in the bibiography appear underlined as well.

%%%%% Title and other information
\title{\textbf{The full title of your psychology study}}
\shorttitle{Shortened version of title}
\author{Your name or student number}
\affiliation{Department of Psychology\\Your University}
\note{Word count: xxxx words}
\abstract{An interesting summary of your essay or paper.}
\keywords{this, that, something else}

%%%%% Main text begins
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\frenchspacing  % Two spaces between sentences.  Comment out if desired, by putting % as first character in the line.
\doublespacing  % Set the text to double-spacing

There is no section heading for the first section in APA6.  This first section introduces the contents.  It will also usually include the literature review pertaining to the topic of the essay.  In an essay, you might not need any other secctions, but they are given below as if for a paper.

References are listed in a BibTeX file referred to below (in this case \verb|apa6-template.bib|).  References in parentheses are created by using \verb|\citep{Calogero2013}|, as in: self-objectification has been found to impact womens' social activism \citep{Calogero2013}.  If you want to make the author(s) the subject, you can use \verb|\citet{Saguy2010}|, as in: \citet{Saguy2010} examined the effect of sexual objectification on social interactions.

\section{Method} 

In this section you describe the experiment, perhaps using subsections to clarify the material.

\subsection{Participants}

A subsection explaining the sample used in the study.

\subsection{Procedures}

Information on the procedure followed.  Add other subsections as necessary.

\section{Results}

This section sets out the results.

\section{Discussion}

This section discusses your findings.

\newpage  % Start the references on a new page.
\bibliography{apa6-template.bib}  % Create the references from the BibTeX file.

% If you have appendices ...
\newpage  % Start the appendices on a new page.
\appendix  % Start the appendices.

\section{Title of the first appendix}

If you have appendices, you can add them in sequence here.


\end{document}