ProgramCIP 42.2701
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
A 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. Includes instruction 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.
Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).
FieldFrom the federal list
JobsOfficial crosswalk
KnowledgeFrom O*NET
CoursesNext
ConceptsLater
Open questionsLater
01.
Leads to
3 jobs- Managers, All Other11-9199
- Psychologists, All Other19-3039
- Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary25-1066
02.
Knowledge those jobs draw on
- Psychology1 of 3
- English Language1 of 3
- Education and Training1 of 3
- Sociology and Anthropology1 of 3
- Mathematics1 of 3
- Therapy and Counseling1 of 3
How many of the linked jobs rate the area important (O*NET importance 3.5 or more out of 5).
03.
See also
- Cognitive Science, General30.2501