Psychology uses the APA style of citations. How you are going to reference your direct quote depends on how long the quote is. If it is shorter than 40 words, it is considered a short quote; if 40 words or longer, it is a long quote. I'll include examples of both.
For short quotes, you can follow one of two different formats. If you mention the author in your sentence itself, then follow this example: Meyers (2005) indicated that "most modern dream interpretations stem from Freud's original analysis" (p. 223). So, mention the author's last name, then the year the book was published in parentheses, and after the quote, put "p." and the numbr of the page of the quote. If you don't mention the author, follow this format: "Most modern dream interpretations stem from Freud's original analysis" (Meyers, 2005, p. 223). Note in both cases that the end period of the sentence comes after the quotations, not before.
For long quotations, you first have to start off the reference in a new paragraph, and indent it, and the entire quote, 5 spaces. Then, don't use quotation marks. Instead, introduce the quote using a colon, and omit the quotations marks. For example--Meyers (2005) wrote of dream interpretation: Most modern dream interpretations stem from Freud's original analysis. (p. 223) Note that in this example, the end period comes before the last page citation.
In either case, in your end reference page, you will need to include a full citation of the Psychology book that you referenced earlier in the text. I hope that those examples helped a bit; I also provided a link below that outlines APA formatting in more detail, in case my examples didn't cover the type of quote that you are going to use. Good luck!
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