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71F Research Psychology

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Overview

A research psychology officer performs experiments and conducts research on how internal and external environmental factors affect personnel's life processes and functions. The officer performs these duties in MTOE and TDA organizations both inside and outside the continental United States.

Core Skills

  • Experimental study of environmental effects on personnel

Civilian Career Paths

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Research Psychologist

Military experiments investigating how internal and external environmental factors affect personnel transfer directly to civilian research on behavior and environmental influences.

How to prepare: Compare your psychology transcripts with target employers' education and credentialing requirements, including the psychology-major-or-equivalent basic requirement for federal nonclinical Psychology Series 0180 positions. Psychologists typically need an advanced psychology degree, and most states require licensure to practice psychology or use the psychologist title, so confirm the applicable rules with your state board.

What the civilian work involves
  • Conduct experiments to investigate behavior and environmental influences.
  • Analyze behavioral patterns and report research findings.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 71F Research Psychology

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 71F (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Experimental study of environmental effects on personnel, Research Psychologist

  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Psychologists

    [2] What Psychologists Do, research and experimentation; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Research Psychologist

    [4]Bureau of Labor Statistics: psychologists · How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Research Psychologist

  3. U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Psychology Series 0180

    [3] Individual Occupational Requirements, Basic Requirements; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Research Psychologist

Defense contractor jobs for 71F

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