14. Psychology

1401 – Applied and developmental psychology

1402 – Biological psychology

1403 – Clinical and health psychology

1404 – Cognitive and computational psychology

1405 – Social and personality psychology

1406 – Occupational Psychology

1407 – Other psychology

1401 – Applied and developmental psychology

This sub-group covers the development and application of psychological methods and psychological research findings to solve practical problems of human and animal behaviour and the way those psychological processes change through the life span.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

1402 – Biological psychology

This sub-group covers biological psychology research into the neural and physiological mechanisms that underpin psychological processes.

Departments

No current departments available.

1403 – Clinical and health psychology

This sub-group covers clinical and health psychology. It includes the detection, aetiology, treatment and prevention of mental health problems and psychological and behavioural processes in health and illness.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

1404 – Cognitive and computational psychology

This sub-group covers cognitive and computational psychology. It includes the experimental study, computational and mathematical modelling of cognitive processes.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
– Home Office (HO)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

1405 – Social and personality psychology

This sub-group covers social and personality psychology. The study of the manner in which social groups influence the motivations, attitudes, personality and behaviour of the individual and the importance of the ways that individuals differ on those factors.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

1406 – Occupational psychology

This sub-group covers occupational psychology.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Food Standards Agency (FSA)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
– Ministry of Defence – Science (MOD)
– Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

1407 – Other psychology

This sub-group covers psychology not elsewhere classified.

Departments

Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Defence – Science (MOD)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)