Select the reference example that has the correct format for APA style.

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Here is the task at hand: identify the reference format that adheres to APA style for a book.
Option set: not provided in the prompt, but there is a single proposed reference given: Nash, R. F. (2014). Wilderness and the American mind. Yale University Press.
First, recall the core APA book-format elements: author surname followed by initials, year in parentheses, period, title in sentence case italics, period, publisher name not italicized, period.
Analyzing the provided reference step by step:
- Author: 'Nash, R. F.' uses the correct surname followed by initials separated by spaces, which aligns with APA conventions for author names. No issue here.
- Year: '(2014)' correctly placed immediately after the author, followed by a period. This matches APA structure.
- Title: 'Wilderness and the American mind.' Here we encounter two potential issues. In APA 7th edition, book titles should be in sentence case, meaning only the first word of the title and subtitle, plus proper nouns, are capitalized. The given title uses Title Case (every major word capitalized) and also lacks any initial article if required. The canonical APA form would typically be 'The Wilderness and the American Mind' in title case would be incorrect for APA 7th; in sentence case it should be 'The wilderness and the American mind' only if starting with 'The' and applying sentence case; however, since 'Wilderness' is a proper noun in the book title, it would be capitalized in sentence case if it is a proper title element. In practice, the widely accepted APA 7th format for this classic title is: The Wilderness and the American Mind, with proper capitalization as a proper noun in a title, but many references render it as 'The wilderness and the American mind' if applying strict sentence case. The given 'Wilderness and the American mind' doesn't clearly conform to the standard either way because it omits the initial 'The' and uses non-sentence-case capitalization for 'Mind'.
- Publisher: 'Yale University Press.' This part is correct in terms of including the publisher name and ending with a period.
Collectively, the reference is close but not perfectly aligned with APA 7th edition rules due to the title presentation and missing the initial article if the official title includes it. A more precise APA-formatted reference would likely be: Nash, R. F. (2012). The wilderness and the American mind. Yale University Press. or, depending on the edition, Nash, R. F. (2014). The Wilderness and the American Mind. Yale University Press. The exact article and capitalization depend on the official title as published, but the critical corrections involve ensuring the article is present if part of the official title and applying sentence-case capitalization unless the publisher requires a specific stylistic choice.
- Why the other possible variants would be incorrect: if the reference lacks the initial article that is part of the official title, that omission misrepresents the work. If the capitalization deviates from sentence case (APA 7th) or uses inconsistent capitalization (Mind vs Mind), that would also be flagged as non-compliant. If the author’s name is misformatted (for example, incorrect initials or misspelled surname), that would be another error—but in this case, the author part is acceptable.
In summary, the provided reference is not perfectly APA-compliant because the book title appears in non-sentence-case and omits an official initial article if part of the official title. The key corrections would focus on title capitalization and ensuring the title text matches the official full title as published, while keeping the author and year format consistent with APA expectations.

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