Cyber Psychology

The developing field of cyber psychology encompasses all psychological phenomena that are associated with or affected by emerging technology, Cyber comes from the word cybernetics, the study of the operation of control and communication, psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Cyber psychology is the study of the human mind and behavior in the context of human technology interaction. However, mainstream research studies seem to focus on the effect of the Internet and cyberspace on the psychology of individuals and groups. Some hot topics include, online identity, online relationships, personality types in cyber-space, transference to computers, addiction to computers and Internet, regressive behavior in cyberspace, online gender-switching, etc.