Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

2 - Social Sciences, Psychology and Law

26 - Psychology and Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences

42. - Psychology

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on the scientific study of the behaviour of individuals, independently or collectively, and the physical and environmental bases of mental, emotional, and neurological activity.

42.07 - Developmental and Child Psychology

This subseries comprises instructional program class 42.0701.

42.0701 - Developmental and Child Psychology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the psychological growth and development of individuals from infancy through 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.

• Example Program Names:

  • Child psychology
  • Developmental psychology

• Exclusion

  • Human development(19.0701)
  • Child development(19.0706)
  • Clinical child psychology(42.2001)
  • Child and youth care(44.0702)
  • Child psychiatry-residency(60.0208)