Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011

• 42. - Psychology
• 42.28 - Clinical, counselling and applied psychology

42.2809 - Geropsychology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the psychology of aging and of elderly individuals and populations, with reference to growth and decline across the lifespan. These programs include courses in gerontology, developmental and adult psychology, age-related development and decline of cognitive processes, age-related psychological and neurological disorders, social and personality development in aging populations and individuals, and applications to the clinical treatment and care of older adults.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • geropsychology

• Exclusion(s)

  • gerontological services(19.0702)
  • gerontology(30.1101)