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  2. Cyberpsychology - Wikipedia

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    Cyberpsychology (also known as Internet psychology, web psychology, or digital psychology) is a scientific inter-disciplinary domain that focuses on the psychological phenomena which emerge as a result of the human interaction with digital technology, particularly the Internet.

  3. Web-based experiments - Wikipedia

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    A web-based experiment or Internet-based experiment is an experiment that is conducted over the Internet. In such experiments, the Internet is either "a medium through which to target larger and more diverse samples with reduced administrative and financial costs" or "a field of social science research in its own right." [1]

  4. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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    Assertions. American writer Nicholas Carr asserts that Internet use reduces the deep thinking that leads to true creativity. He also says that hyperlinks and overstimulation means that the brain must give most of its attention to short-term decisions. Carr also states that the vast availability of information on the World Wide Web overwhelms ...

  5. Cognition - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, the term "cognition" is usually used within an information processing view of an individual's psychological functions, and such is the same in cognitive engineering. In the study of social cognition, a branch of social psychology, the term is used to explain attitudes, attribution, and group dynamics.

  6. Psychoanalysis - Wikipedia

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    Psychoanalysis [i] is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques [ii] that deal in part with the unconscious mind, [iii] and which together form a method of treatment for mental disorders. The discipline was established in the early 1890s by Sigmund Freud, [1] whose work stemmed partly from the clinical work of Josef Breuer and others.

  7. Psychological Disorders: Types, Symptoms, Treatment - Healthline

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    separation anxiety disorder. social anxiety disorder. specific phobias. panic disorder. The symptoms differ from disorder to disorder, but usually include: anxious thoughts or beliefs that are ...

  8. Availability heuristic - Wikipedia

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    Availability heuristic. The availability heuristic, also known as availability bias, is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision. This heuristic, operating on the notion that, if something can be recalled, it must be important, or at ...

  9. Psychology - Wikipedia

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    Psychology is the study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social sciences.