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Classification Structure - Division 380000 - Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences

	Discipline	Subject	Description
	380100		Psychology
		380101	Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance
		380102	Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language
		380103	Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
		380104	Personality, Abilities and Assessment
		380105	Social and Community Psychology
		380106	Developmental Psychology and Ageing
		380107	Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
		380108	Industrial and Organisational Psychology
		380109	Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
		380199	Psychology not elsewhere classified
	380200		Linguistics
		380201	Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
		380202	Computational Linguistics
		380203	Discourse and Pragmatics
		380204	Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science
		380205	Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
		380206	Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology)
		380207	Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
		380208	Lexicography
		380299	Linguistics not elsewhere classified
	380300		Cognitive Science
		380301	Philosophy of Cognition
		380302	Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)
		380303	Computer Perception, Memory and Attention
		380304	Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks
		380305	Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning
		380306	Planning and Problem Solving
		380399	Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
	389900		Other Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
		389999	Other Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences

Definitions

Division 380000 covers the Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences. This division has four disciplines:

380100 - Psychology
380200 - Linguistics
380300 - Cognitive Science
389900 - Other Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences

Discipline 380100 - Psychology

This discipline covers psychology. This discipline has ten subjects:

380101 - Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance
380102 - Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language
380103 - Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
380104 - Personality, Abilities and Assessment
380105 - Social and Community Psychology
380106 - Developmental Psychology and Ageing
380107 - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
380108 - Industrial and Organisational Psychology
380109 - Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
380199 - Psychology not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


(a) The application of psychology to an understanding of computer-human interface is included in Discipline 280100 Information Systems;

(b) neuroscience is included in Discipline 320700 Neurosciences;

(c) mental health is included in Discipline 321200 Public Health and Health Services;

(d) sport and exercise psychology is included in Discipline 321400 Human Movement and Sports Science;

(e) educational psychology is included in Discipline 330100 Education Studies;

(f) the application of psychology to cognitive science is included in Discipline 380300 Cognitive Science;

(g) criminology is included in Discipline 390400 Law Enforcement; and

(h) psychology of religion is included in Discipline 440200 Religion and Religious Traditions.

Discipline 380200 - Linguistics

This discipline covers linguistics. This discipline has nine subjects:

380201 - Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
380202 - Computational Linguistics
380203 - Discourse and Pragmatics
380204 - Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science
380205 - Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
380206 - Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology)
380207 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
380208 - Lexicography
380299 - Linguistics not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


(a) Linguistic anthropology is included in Discipline 370300 Anthropology; and

(b) linguistic processes is included in Discipline 380300 Cognitive Science.

Discipline 380300 - Cognitive Science

This discipline covers cognitive science. This discipline has seven subjects:

380301 - Philosophy of Cognition
380302 - Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)
380303 - Computer Perception, Memory and Attention
380304 - Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks
380305 - Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning
380306 - Planning and Problem Solving
380399 - Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


Artificial intelligence is included in Discipline 280200 Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image Processing.

Discipline 389900 - Other Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences

This discipline covers behavioural and cognitive sciences not elsewhere classified. It has the one subject:

389999 - Other Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences.