Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 2 - Social Sciences, Psychology and Law
• 26 - Psychology and Cognitive and Behavioural Sciences
• 42. - Psychology
• 42.22 - Geropsychology

42.2201 - 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.

• Example Program Names:

  • Geropsychology

• Exclusion

  • Gerontological services(19.0702)
  • Gerontology(30.1101)