| AAAP | American Association of Applied Psychology |
| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AAP | Association for the Advancement of Psychology |
| AAPCC | American Association of Psychiatric Clinics for Children |
| AAUPTC | American Association of University Psychology Training Centers |
| ABA | American Bar Association |
| AMA | American Medical Association |
| APA | American Psychiatric Association |
| APA | American Psychological Association |
| BPA | Board of Professional Affairs |
| BSA | Board of Scientific Affairs |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| BSERP | Board of Social and Ethical Responsibility of Psychologists |
| CAMAS | Coordinated Application, Matching, and Admissions System for Graduate Programs in Psychology |
| CAPASAR | Ad Hoc Committee on APA/State Association Relations |
| CAPPS | Council for the Advancement of Psychological Professions and Sciences |
| CEOP | Committee of Equality of Opportunity in Psychology |
| COFSA | Continuing Committee on Organization and Function of State Asociations |
| COMDOC | Committee on Doctoral Training |
| CONPASS | Consortium of Professional Associations for Study of Special Teacher Improvement Programs |
| COPDAC | Conference of Psychologist Directors in State, Federal, and Territorial Mental Health Programs |
| COPPIA | Ad Hoc Committee on Promoting Public Interest Activity |
| CP | Division 27: Community Psychology |
| CPOP | Committee on Psychology in Other Professional Schools |
| CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
| CSPEC | Ad Hoc Committee on Scientific and Professional Ethics and Conduct |
| CWP | Committee on Women in Psychology |
| EAB | Division 25: Experimental Analysis of Behavior |
| EAO | Educational Affairs Office |
| EDRA | Environmental Design Research Association |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| ETB | Education and Training Board |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service |
| FIPSE | Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education |
| HP | Division 32: Humanistic Psychology |
| I & OP | Division 14: Industrial and Organizational Psychology |
| JASP | Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology |
| JCPP | Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology |
| JEP | Journal of Experimental Psychology |
| JPSP | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |
| JSAS | Journal Supplement Abstract Services |
| LC | Library of Congress |
| NAESP | National Association of Elementary School Principals |
| NAMH | National Association for Mental Health |
| NASP | National Association of School Psychologists |
| NEAR | Newly Emerging Areas of Research |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NISP | National Information System for Psychology |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NRSTP | National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OCMD | Office of Communication Management and Development |
| OEO | Office of Economic Opportunity |
| OVR | Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (of Federal Security Agency) |
| P & the Law | Division 41: Psychology and Law |
| P & E | Division 34: Population and Environmental Psychology |
| PH | Division 30: Psychological Hypnosis |
| PSIEP | Project on Scientific Information Exchange in Psychology |
| PUPI | Task Force on Psychologists' Use of Physical Interventions |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Studies (computer program) |
| SPSSI | Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues |
| SREB | Southern Regional Education Board |
| SRSS | Sociological Resources for the Social Sciences |
| TAMU | Texas A & M University, College Station, Tex. |
| TFETMG | Task Force on Employment Testing of Minority Groups |
| TORC | Committee on Training in Rehabilitation Counseling |
| UAW | United Automobile Workers |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
| VA | Veterans Administration |
