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PsycINFO Expert Searches: These search strategies cover popular topics when searching PyscINFO© , using official descriptor terms from the APA’s Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms©. The strategies are from the University of Southern California Libraries’ website.
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These search strategies cover popular topics when searching PyscINFO© , using official descriptor terms from the APA’s Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms©.
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Achievement Measures achievement measures/ aptitude measures/comprehension tests/differential aptitude tests/educational measurement/entrance examinations/gates macginitie reading tests/general aptitude test battery/graduate record examination/ iowa tests of basic skills/metropolitan readiness tests/ minimum competency tests/modern language aptitude test/ reading measures/retention measures/stanford achievement test/verbal tests/wide range achievement test/college entrance examination board scholastic aptitude test/woodcock johnson psychoeducational battery/or/1-2021
achievement measures/ aptitude measures/comprehension tests/differential aptitude tests/educational measurement/entrance examinations/gates macginitie reading tests/general aptitude test battery/graduate record examination/ iowa tests of basic skills/metropolitan readiness tests/ minimum competency tests/modern language aptitude test/ reading measures/retention measures/stanford achievement test/verbal tests/wide range achievement test/college entrance examination board scholastic aptitude test/woodcock johnson psychoeducational battery/or/1-2021
Tomography computer assisted diagnosis/(imagery or imaging or image or images).ti,ab,hw,id.single photon emission.ti,ab,hw,id. spect.ti,ab,hw,id.tomography.ti,ab,hw,id. mri.ti,ab,hw,id.magnetic resonance.ti,ab,hw,id.cat scan$1.ti,ab,hw,id.ct scan$1.ti,ab,hw,id.positron emission.ti,ab,hw,id.or/1-910
computer assisted diagnosis/(imagery or imaging or image or images).ti,ab,hw,id.single photon emission.ti,ab,hw,id. spect.ti,ab,hw,id.tomography.ti,ab,hw,id. mri.ti,ab,hw,id.magnetic resonance.ti,ab,hw,id.cat scan$1.ti,ab,hw,id.ct scan$1.ti,ab,hw,id.positron emission.ti,ab,hw,id.or/1-910
Language Disorders communication disorders/hearing disorders/language delay/ aurally handicapped/partially hearing impaired/ language disorders/speech handicapped/cleft palate/ retarded speech development/articulation disorders/ aphasia/alexia/dysarthria/dysphonia/ dysphasia/echolalia/mutism/elective mutism/ stuttering/speech disorders/or/1-2021
communication disorders/hearing disorders/language delay/ aurally handicapped/partially hearing impaired/ language disorders/speech handicapped/cleft palate/ retarded speech development/articulation disorders/ aphasia/alexia/dysarthria/dysphonia/ dysphasia/echolalia/mutism/elective mutism/ stuttering/speech disorders/or/1-2021
Nonprojective Personality Measures allport vernon lindzey study values/authoritarianism rebellion scale/ bannister repertory grid/barrett lennard relationship inventory/barron welsh art scale/beck depression inventory/bem sex role inventory/california f scale/ california psychological inventory/california test of personality/childrens manifest anxiety scale/ childrens personality questionnaire/differential personality inventory/edwards personal preference schedule/edwards personality inventory/edwards social desirability scale/embedded figures testing/ eysenck personality inventory/fear survey schedule/ fundamental interpersonal relation orientation behavior questionnaire/general health questionnaire/goldstein scheerer object sort test/gough adjective check list/ guilford zimmerman temperament survey/high school personalty questionnaire/kupfer detre self rating scale/ kirton adaption innovation inventory/learys interpersonal check list/marlowe crowne social desirability scale/maudsley personality inventory/ memory for designs test/millon clinical multiaxial inventory/minnesota multiphasic personality inventory/ mooney problem check list/myers briggs type indicator/ neo personality inventory/nonprojective personality measures/omnibus personality inventory/personal orientation inventory/personality measures/ psychological screening inventory/repression sensitization scale/rod-and-frame-test/rokeach dogmatism scale/rotter internal external locus of control scale/sensation seeking scale/sixteen personality factors questionnaire/state trait anxiety inventory/taylor manifest anxiety scale/tennessee self concept scale/vinelsocial maturity scale/welsh figure preference test/white betz a b scale/zungs self rating depression scale/or/1-5455
allport vernon lindzey study values/authoritarianism rebellion scale/ bannister repertory grid/barrett lennard relationship inventory/barron welsh art scale/beck depression inventory/bem sex role inventory/california f scale/ california psychological inventory/california test of personality/childrens manifest anxiety scale/ childrens personality questionnaire/differential personality inventory/edwards personal preference schedule/edwards personality inventory/edwards social desirability scale/embedded figures testing/ eysenck personality inventory/fear survey schedule/ fundamental interpersonal relation orientation behavior questionnaire/general health questionnaire/goldstein scheerer object sort test/gough adjective check list/ guilford zimmerman temperament survey/high school personalty questionnaire/kupfer detre self rating scale/ kirton adaption innovation inventory/learys interpersonal check list/marlowe crowne social desirability scale/maudsley personality inventory/ memory for designs test/millon clinical multiaxial inventory/minnesota multiphasic personality inventory/ mooney problem check list/myers briggs type indicator/ neo personality inventory/nonprojective personality measures/omnibus personality inventory/personal orientation inventory/personality measures/ psychological screening inventory/repression sensitization scale/rod-and-frame-test/rokeach dogmatism scale/rotter internal external locus of control scale/sensation seeking scale/sixteen personality factors questionnaire/state trait anxiety inventory/taylor manifest anxiety scale/tennessee self concept scale/vinelsocial maturity scale/welsh figure preference test/white betz a b scale/zungs self rating depression scale/or/1-5455
Substance Abuse alcohol abuse/ problem drinking/delirium tremens/alcoholism/ acute alcoholic intoxication/alcohol intoxication/ chronic alcoholic intoxication/alcoholic psychosis/ korsakoffs psychosis/wernickes syndrome/heroin addiction/drug addiction/drug abuse/drug dependency/drug overdoses/driving under the influence/inhalant abuse/drug abuse liability/ polydrug abuse/or/1-1920
alcohol abuse/ problem drinking/delirium tremens/alcoholism/ acute alcoholic intoxication/alcohol intoxication/ chronic alcoholic intoxication/alcoholic psychosis/ korsakoffs psychosis/wernickes syndrome/heroin addiction/drug addiction/drug abuse/drug dependency/drug overdoses/driving under the influence/inhalant abuse/drug abuse liability/ polydrug abuse/or/1-1920
Attitude Measures attitude measurement/ attitude measures/consumer surveys/interest inventories/kuder occupational interest survey/kuder preference record/least preferred coworker scale/ minnesota teacher attitude inventory/occupational interest measures/opinion-attitude-and-interest-survey/ parent attitude research instrument/preference measures/ strong vocational interest blank/wilson patterson conservatism scale/or/1-1415
attitude measurement/ attitude measures/consumer surveys/interest inventories/kuder occupational interest survey/kuder preference record/least preferred coworker scale/ minnesota teacher attitude inventory/occupational interest measures/opinion-attitude-and-interest-survey/ parent attitude research instrument/preference measures/ strong vocational interest blank/wilson patterson conservatism scale/or/1-1415
Mental Health Personnel mental health personnel/psychiatric nurses/therapists.hw. psychiatric social workers/social workers/ psychiatric aides/psychiatric hospital staff/ psychologists.hw.counselors.hw.psychiatrists.hw. psychoanalysts.hw.clinicians.hw.psychotherapists.hw. hypnotherapists.hw.or/1-1415
mental health personnel/psychiatric nurses/therapists.hw. psychiatric social workers/social workers/ psychiatric aides/psychiatric hospital staff/ psychologists.hw.counselors.hw.psychiatrists.hw. psychoanalysts.hw.clinicians.hw.psychotherapists.hw. hypnotherapists.hw.or/1-1415
Perceptual Measures perceptual measures/ psychophysical measurement/purdue perceptual motor survey/sensorimotor measures/ speech-and-hearing-measures/stroop color word test/ wepman auditory discrimination test/or/1-78
perceptual measures/ psychophysical measurement/purdue perceptual motor survey/sensorimotor measures/ speech-and-hearing-measures/stroop color word test/ wepman auditory discrimination test/or/1-78
"Talking" Therapies analytical psychotherapy/brief psychotherapy/child psychotherapy/experiential psychotherapy/expressive psychotherapy/geriatric psychotherapy/group psychotherapy/individual psychotherapy/ psychotherapeutic breakthrough/psychotherapeutic counseling/psychotherapeutic outcomes/ psychotherapeutic processes/psychotherapeutic resistance/psychotherapeutic techniques/ psychotherapeutic transference/insight psychotherapeutic process/psychoanalysis/logotherapy/client centered therapy/directed reverie therapy/ existential therapy/gestalt therapy/insight therapy/ cognitive therapy/rational emotive therapy/ transactional analysis/reality therapy/personal therapy/cognitive restructuring/cognitive techniques/adolescent psychotherapy/adlerian psychotherapy/interpersonal psychotherapy/supportive psychotherapy/guided imagery/or/1-3536
analytical psychotherapy/brief psychotherapy/child psychotherapy/experiential psychotherapy/expressive psychotherapy/geriatric psychotherapy/group psychotherapy/individual psychotherapy/ psychotherapeutic breakthrough/psychotherapeutic counseling/psychotherapeutic outcomes/ psychotherapeutic processes/psychotherapeutic resistance/psychotherapeutic techniques/ psychotherapeutic transference/insight psychotherapeutic process/psychoanalysis/logotherapy/client centered therapy/directed reverie therapy/ existential therapy/gestalt therapy/insight therapy/ cognitive therapy/rational emotive therapy/ transactional analysis/reality therapy/personal therapy/cognitive restructuring/cognitive techniques/adolescent psychotherapy/adlerian psychotherapy/interpersonal psychotherapy/supportive psychotherapy/guided imagery/or/1-3536
Developing Nations developing countr$3.ti.
developing countr$3.ti.
Neuropsychological Assessment neuropsychological assessment/halstead reitan neuropsychological battery/ luria nebraska neuropsychological battery/wechsler memory scale/bender gestalt test/memory for designs test/mini mental state examination/wisconsin card sorting test/or/1-89
neuropsychological assessment/halstead reitan neuropsychological battery/ luria nebraska neuropsychological battery/wechsler memory scale/bender gestalt test/memory for designs test/mini mental state examination/wisconsin card sorting test/or/1-89
Projective Personality Measures bender gestalt test/ childrens apperception test/color pyramid test/ franck drawing completion test/holtzman inkblot technique/human figures drawing/incomplete man test/ personality measures/projective personality measures/ projective techniques/projective testing technique/ rorschach test/rosenzweig picture frustration study/ rotter incomplete sentences blank/sentence completion tests/szondi test/thematic apperception test/ zulliger z test/or/1-1819
bender gestalt test/ childrens apperception test/color pyramid test/ franck drawing completion test/holtzman inkblot technique/human figures drawing/incomplete man test/ personality measures/projective personality measures/ projective techniques/projective testing technique/ rorschach test/rosenzweig picture frustration study/ rotter incomplete sentences blank/sentence completion tests/szondi test/thematic apperception test/ zulliger z test/or/1-1819
Tests, Measures, Scales test.hw.tests.hw. testing.hw.subtests.hw.pretesting.hw. posttesting.hw.inventory.hw.inventories.hw. survey.hw.surveys.hw.scale.hw.scales.hw. score.hw.scores.hw.measurement.hw.measures.hw. screening.hw.examination.hw.examinations.hw. questionnaire.hw.questionnaires.hw.rating.hw. validity.hw.psychometrics.hw.sociograms.hw. assessment.hw.sociometry.hw.battery.hw.semantic differential/piagetian tasks/or/1-3031
test.hw.tests.hw. testing.hw.subtests.hw.pretesting.hw. posttesting.hw.inventory.hw.inventories.hw. survey.hw.surveys.hw.scale.hw.scales.hw. score.hw.scores.hw.measurement.hw.measures.hw. screening.hw.examination.hw.examinations.hw. questionnaire.hw.questionnaires.hw.rating.hw. validity.hw.psychometrics.hw.sociograms.hw. assessment.hw.sociometry.hw.battery.hw.semantic differential/piagetian tasks/or/1-3031
Intelligence Measures army general classification test/benton revised visual retention test/california test of mental maturity/columbia mental maturity scale/creativity measurement/culture fair intelligence test/hidden figures test/frostig developmental test of visual perception/goodenough harris draw a person test/illinois test of psycholinguistic abilities/infant intelligence scale/ intelligence measures/kaufman assessment battery for children/kohs block design test/leiter adult intelligence scale/lorge thorndike intelligence test/ lowenfeld mosaic test/miller analogies test/peabody picture vocabulary test/porteus maze test/raven coloured progressive matrices/raven progressive matrices/remote associates test/slosson intelligence test/stanford binet intelligence scale/temporal spatial concept scale/vane kindergarten test/verbal tests/wechsler adult intelligence scale/wechsler bellevue intelligence scale/wechsler intelligence scale for children/wechsler memory scale/wechsler preschool primary scale/or/1-3334
army general classification test/benton revised visual retention test/california test of mental maturity/columbia mental maturity scale/creativity measurement/culture fair intelligence test/hidden figures test/frostig developmental test of visual perception/goodenough harris draw a person test/illinois test of psycholinguistic abilities/infant intelligence scale/ intelligence measures/kaufman assessment battery for children/kohs block design test/leiter adult intelligence scale/lorge thorndike intelligence test/ lowenfeld mosaic test/miller analogies test/peabody picture vocabulary test/porteus maze test/raven coloured progressive matrices/raven progressive matrices/remote associates test/slosson intelligence test/stanford binet intelligence scale/temporal spatial concept scale/vane kindergarten test/verbal tests/wechsler adult intelligence scale/wechsler bellevue intelligence scale/wechsler intelligence scale for children/wechsler memory scale/wechsler preschool primary scale/or/1-3334
Neurotransmitters neurotransmitters/ acetylcholine/aspartic acid/n methyl d aspartate/ catecholamines/dopamine/epinephrine/ norepinephrine/cholecystokinin/endorphins/ enkephalins/gamma aminobutyric acid/glutamic acid/ glycine/histamine/neurotensin/serotonin/ substance p/neurokinins/or/1-1920
neurotransmitters/ acetylcholine/aspartic acid/n methyl d aspartate/ catecholamines/dopamine/epinephrine/ norepinephrine/cholecystokinin/endorphins/ enkephalins/gamma aminobutyric acid/glutamic acid/ glycine/histamine/neurotensin/serotonin/ substance p/neurokinins/or/1-1920
Racial/Ethnic Populations race anthropological/ interracial family/interracial marriage/interracial offspring/interethnic family/ racial-and-ethnic-differences/racial-and-ethnic-groups/ ethnic identity/ethnic values/ racial-and-ethnic-attitudes/racial-and-ethnic-relations/ hispanics/asians/american indians/mexican americans/blacks/negroes/whites/caucasians/ tribes/inuit/anglos/arabs/racial differences/minority groups/gypsies/alaska natives/chinese cultural groups/japanese cultural groups/korean cultural groups/vietnamese cultural groups/hawaii natives/pacific islanders/or/1-33 34
race anthropological/ interracial family/interracial marriage/interracial offspring/interethnic family/ racial-and-ethnic-differences/racial-and-ethnic-groups/ ethnic identity/ethnic values/ racial-and-ethnic-attitudes/racial-and-ethnic-relations/ hispanics/asians/american indians/mexican americans/blacks/negroes/whites/caucasians/ tribes/inuit/anglos/arabs/racial differences/minority groups/gypsies/alaska natives/chinese cultural groups/japanese cultural groups/korean cultural groups/vietnamese cultural groups/hawaii natives/pacific islanders/or/1-33 34
Rehabilitation rehabilitation.hw.detoxification/alcoholics anonymous/occupational therapy/physical therapy/ psychosocial rehabilitation/therapeutic social clubs/ vocational rehabilitation/supported employment/ vocational evaluation/work adjustment training/ twelve step programs/or/1-1213
rehabilitation.hw.detoxification/alcoholics anonymous/occupational therapy/physical therapy/ psychosocial rehabilitation/therapeutic social clubs/ vocational rehabilitation/supported employment/ vocational evaluation/work adjustment training/ twelve step programs/or/1-1213
Learning Disorders learning disorders/ learning disabilities/reading disabilities/attention deficit disorder/minimal brain disorders/dyslexia/ hyperkinesis/acalculia/agraphia/attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity/or/1-1011
learning disorders/ learning disabilities/reading disabilities/attention deficit disorder/minimal brain disorders/dyslexia/ hyperkinesis/acalculia/agraphia/attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity/or/1-1011
Psychiatric Patients psychosis.hw. psychoses.hw.neurosis.hw.depression.hw. schizophrenia.hw.mania/psychopathology/ psychopathy/mental disorders/psychiatric patients/ affective disorders/borderline personality/ borderline states/personality disorders/dysthymic disorder/panic disorder/seasonal affective disorder/ schizotypal personality/schizoaffective disorder/ schizophreniform disorder/anxiety disorders/chronic mental illness/dissociative identity disorder/ homeless mentally ill/impulse control disorders/ oppositional defiant disorder/gender identity disorder/ eating disorders/bipolar disorder/dissociative disorders/explosive disorder/histrionic personality disorder/mental disorders due to general medical conditions/obsessive compulsive disorder/ paraphilias/pervasive developmental disorders/ schizophrenia disorganized type/conversion disorder/ or/1-3839
psychosis.hw. psychoses.hw.neurosis.hw.depression.hw. schizophrenia.hw.mania/psychopathology/ psychopathy/mental disorders/psychiatric patients/ affective disorders/borderline personality/ borderline states/personality disorders/dysthymic disorder/panic disorder/seasonal affective disorder/ schizotypal personality/schizoaffective disorder/ schizophreniform disorder/anxiety disorders/chronic mental illness/dissociative identity disorder/ homeless mentally ill/impulse control disorders/ oppositional defiant disorder/gender identity disorder/ eating disorders/bipolar disorder/dissociative disorders/explosive disorder/histrionic personality disorder/mental disorders due to general medical conditions/obsessive compulsive disorder/ paraphilias/pervasive developmental disorders/ schizophrenia disorganized type/conversion disorder/ or/1-3839