Cyber Psychology

Question 1

Cybercognition

Answer 1

Cognitive activites humans conduct in cyberspace

Question 2

Cyberpsychology

Answer 2

Explore and understand the impact of being ‘online’

Question 3

Sparrow et al (2011)

Answer 3

Trend for individuals to remember less factual information (or semantic memory) in favour of a more defined memory of where to find this information
- Transactive memory

Question 4

The World Wide Web (WWW)

Answer 4

The information-sharing platform that is built on top of the internet

Question 5

HTTP

Answer 5

HyperText Transfer Protocol

- Underlying language used by WWW

Question 6

Cyberspace

Answer 6

The psychological environment in which individuals are engaging in interactions, experiences, thoughts and emotions whilst being online

Question 7

Small and Vorgan, 2008

Answer 7

Cyberspace can always provide us with something new, interesting and novel

Question 8

Original Internet

Answer 8

ARPANET

- Constructed in 1968

Question 9

Suler (1996)

Answer 9

Understanding the psychology of cyberspace is a key concern

Question 10

Suler (2005

Answer 10

Set of underlying psychological components that are worthy of discussion:

• Reduced sensations
• Texts
• Temporal Flexibility
• Flexibility of identity
• Altered Perceptions
• Transcended Space
• Equalised status
• Recordability
• Media Disruption