Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0
42.27 - Research and experimental psychology
This subseries comprises instructional program classes 42.2701 to 42.2799.
42.2701 - Cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the mechanisms and processes of learning and thinking, and associated information encoding, decoding, processing and transmitting systems. These programs include courses in theories of cognition and intelligence; studies of cognitive processes such as memory, sensation, perception, pattern recognition, problem solving, and conceptual thinking; cybernetics; psycholinguistics; and the study of biological and social communications mechanisms and processes.
Illustrative example(s)
- cognitive and motivational psychology
- cognitive psychology
- psycholinguistics
Exclusion(s)
- applied linguistics(16.0105)
- cognitive science(30.2501)
- education of individuals with speech or language impairments(13.1012)
- linguistics(16.0102)
- neuropsychology(42.9999)
42.2702 - Comparative psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the behaviour of members of particular species or groups and the relationship of the behaviours of the species or group to their evolutionary origins. These programs include courses in differential psychology, experimental and physiological psychology, psychopharmacology, psychology of individual differences, reinforcement theory, and neurophysiology.
Illustrative example(s)
- comparative psychology
Exclusion(s)
- behavioural science(30.1701)
- personality psychology(42.2705)
- physiological psychology(42.2706)
- psychopharmacology(42.2709)
42.2703 - Developmental and child psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the unique stages of psychological growth and development of individuals from infancy through childhood. These programs include courses in cognitive and perceptual development, emotional development, personality development, the effects of biological maturation on behaviour, theories of cognitive growth and related research methods, testing and assessment methods for different age levels, research on child and adolescent behaviour therapy, and the psychology of aging.
Illustrative example(s)
- child developmental psychology
- child psychology
- developmental and child psychology
Exclusion(s)
- child and youth care(19.0701)
- child development(19.0706)
- child psychiatry - fellowship(61.2403)
- clinical child psychology(42.2807)
- developmental and adolescent psychology(42.2710)
- developmental psychology(42.2799)
- pediatrics/psychology/child and adolescent psychology - combined specialty(61.0123)
- youth services worker(44.0702)
42.2704 - Experimental psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of behaviour under experimental conditions and the analysis of controlled behavioural responses. These programs include courses in learning theory, research design and experimental methods, psychological measurement, statistical design and methods, analysis of cognitive and behavioural variables, and the conduct of specialized and large-scale studies.
Illustrative example(s)
- experimental psychology
Exclusion(s)
- behavioural science(30.1701)
- cognitive science(30.2501)
- comparative psychology(42.2702)
- experimental pathology(26.0910)
- measurement, evaluation and research methodology in education(13.0604)
42.2705 - Personality psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the unique organization of fairly permanent characteristics that set the individual apart from other individuals and, at the same time, determine how others respond to that individual. These programs include courses in Freudian, Skinnerian, Rogerian, and Ellisonian psychology; neo-Freudian psychology; psychological systems, neurophysiology, and psychopharmacology.
Illustrative example(s)
- personality psychology
Exclusion(s)
- clinical psychology(42.2801)
- comparative psychology(42.2702)
- psychosociology(42.2707)
42.2706 - Behavioural neuroscience
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the biological bases of behaviour and psychological functioning, and their application to experimental and therapeutic research problems. These programs include courses in functional neuroanatomy, neural system development, biochemical neural regulatory mechanisms, neurological biophysics, memory storage and retrieval, physiology of cognition and perception, physiological bases of psychopathology and behavioural disorders, psychopharmacology, comparative psychobiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, and specialized experimental design and research methods.
Illustrative example(s)
- behavioural neuroscience
- physiological psychology
- psychobiology
Exclusion(s)
- biopsychology(30.1001)
- clinical neuropsychology(42.2801)
- human physiology(26.0901)
- neurobiology and behaviour(26.1504)
- neurophysiology(26.1503)
- neuropsychology(42.9999)
- neuroscience(26.1501)
42.2707 - Social psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of individual behaviour in group contexts, group behaviour, and associated phenomena. These programs include courses in social learning theory, group theory and dynamics, sex roles, social cognition and inference, attribution theory, attitude formation, criminal behaviour and other social pathologies, altruistic behaviour, social development, and social ecology.
Illustrative example(s)
- psychosociology
- social psychology
Exclusion(s)
- applied social psychology(42.2813)
- community psychology(42.2802)
- military psychology and leadership(28.0801)
- personality psychology(42.2705)
- sociology(45.1101)
42.2708 - Psychometrics and quantitative psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the mathematical and statistical procedures used in psychological test construction and validation; the general problems of the measurement of behaviour; and the application of quantitative methods to research design and other methodological topics.
Illustrative example(s)
- psychometrics
- psychometry
- quantitative psychology
Exclusion(s)
- applied statistics(27.0601)
- measurement, evaluation and research methodology in education(13.0604)
- statistics and probability(27.0502)
42.2709 - Psychopharmacology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the study of the behavioural effects of medications, drugs, nutrients, and chemicals (including natural and artificial toxins) in laboratory and clinical settings. These programs include courses in pharmacology, behavioural toxicology and pharmacology, neuroscience, physiology, clinical psychopharmacology, substance abuse treatments and antidotes, neurochemical mechanisms, epidemiology of chemicals and substances, biochemical interactions, and psychoactive drugs.
Illustrative example(s)
- psychopharmacology
Exclusion(s)
- neuropharmacology(26.1003)
- pharmacology(26.1001)
- pharmacology and toxicology(26.1007)
- substance abuse counselling(51.1501)
42.2710 - Developmental and adolescent psychology
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the unique stages of psychological growth and development of individuals from adolescence to adulthood. These programs include courses in cognitive and perceptual development, emotional development, personality development, the effects of biological maturation on behaviour, theories of cognitive growth and related research methods, testing and assessment methods for different age levels, research on child and adolescent behaviour therapy, and the psychology of aging.
Illustrative example(s)
- adolescent developmental psychology
- adolescent psychology
- developmental and adolescent psychology
Exclusion(s)
- adolescent development(19.0799)
- adolescent psychiatry - fellowship(61.2403)
- developmental and child psychology(42.2703)
- developmental psychology(42.2799)
- pediatrics/psychology/child and adolescent psychology - combined specialty(61.0123)
42.2799 - Research and experimental psychology, other
This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Research and experimental psychology.
Illustrative example(s)
- developmental psychology
- other research and experimental psychology
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