Yes, of course, and it's already a well known trade called UX Design" !

Just Google it and you'll stumble upon literally millions of resources about it. And most of them typically all refer to a few main oracles in this area – one of them being the Nielsen/Norman Group. Also a great watch to get started: Jesse Showalter.

And be sure to pick a few good (e)books like these:

1. The Design of Everyday Things: Don Norman
2. Don't Make Me Think: Steve Krug
3. Rocket Surgery Made Easy: Steve Krug
4. Designing Web Usability: Jakob Nielsen
5. Eyetracking Web Usability: Jakob Nielsen, Kara Pernice
6. Universal Principles of Design (125, large edition)
7. Universal Principles of Design (150, pocket edition)
8. 101 UX Principles: Will Grant
9. Get Started in UX: Magain &; Chambers (ebook)
10. Everyday UX: 10 Successful Designs (ebook)

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst op Quora: Can psychology and web design be used in the same career?"