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.

42.09 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology

This subseries comprises instructional program class 42.0901.

42.0901 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and group behaviour in institutional settings, applications to related problems of organization and industry, and that prepares individuals to apply such principles in industrial and organizational settings. These programs include courses in group behaviour theory, organizational theory, reward/punishment structures, human-machine and human-computer interactions, motivation dynamics, human stress studies, environmental and organizational influences on behaviour, alienation and satisfaction, and job testing and assessment.

• Example Program Names:

  • Industrial psychology
  • Organizational psychology

• Exclusion

  • Industrial technology(15.0612)
  • Behavioural science(30.1701)
  • Human resources management(52.1001)
  • Organizational behaviour(52.1003)