Marcella is conducting a PsycINFO search for treatments for autism spectrum disorder by searching "autism treatment." However, her search is returning too many results. If she is interested in getting more specific results, Marcella could search:
A)using the "or" function for all thesaurus synonyms for autism.
B)"autism treatment" and "behavioral" and enter an age range of interest.
C)"autism spectrum disorder" or "treatment" or "symptom improvement."
D)"autis*treatment."

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Using the "and" function with the term "behavioral" and an age range will narrow down the results to specific treatments that address behavior and are appropriate for a certain age group. This will result in more specific and focused results. Choice A is not the best option because using too many thesaurus synonyms can actually increase the number of irrelevant results. Choice C is not the best option because using "or" for all keywords may return too many unrelated items. And choice D may not be the best option because using a truncation symbol can lead to irrelevant results if the beginning of the word is not accurate or the word has multiple meanings.

Marcella Is Conducting a PsycINFO Search for Treatments for Autism