Technology & Cyber Psychology

Emoji Use Correlates With Dating Success

With the rise of smartphones and online dating, texting with potential dates has become an important part of seeking out a relationship. Now, a new study suggests that having a good emoji ...
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/ / Cyber Psychology, Emojis, Relationships, Social Psychology

Would You Rather Be Replaced at Work by Another Human or a Robot?

That’s a bleak choice, and it’s exactly the choice researchers in Germany and the Netherlands gave people in a recent study on the psychology of job replacement. OK, the researchers didn’t actually ...
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/ / Cyber Psychology, Performance Psychology, Work

Phubbing Destroys Relationships

Consider this your annual AllPsych public health announcement about the negative effects of phubbing. In early 2018, I wrote about the dangers of phubbing – that is, of snubbing people by going ...
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/ / Cyber Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Relationships, Teens

Why You Shouldn’t Drink and Click

Alcohol is something that doesn’t go with certain activities. Driving is the most obvious example. And it turns out that browsing the internet may be another one. A new paper titled Combined ...
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/ / Alcohol, Behavioral Psychology, Cyber Psychology, Internet

Social Media Might Kind of Affect Life Satisfaction in Teens

Maybe you’ve heard that social media usage is linked to lower life satisfaction. But what does that mean? There are multiple ways social media and life satisfaction could be "linked": People with ...
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/ / Cyber Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Happiness, Positive Psychology, Social Media, Social Psychology, Teens

What Do Internet Addiction and Smoking Have in Common?

No, that question isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. But it could be the beginning of a psychology study. In fact, a team of researchers in China recently did take it ...
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/ / Addiction, Behavioral Psychology, Cyber Psychology, Internet, Smoking

Awe, the Unknown and Science

Think of an experience you’ve had that inspires awe – seeing the night sky or a stunning landscape, for example. Part of that feeling is probably a sense of wonder at the ...
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/ / Awe, Cyber Psychology, Positive Emotions, Positive Psychology

Social Ostracism Linked to Internet Addiction

To understand people’s online behavior, it’s worth looking at what’s happening in their offline lives. That’s one takeaway from a new study published in the journal Psychiatry Research showing a relationship between ...
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/ / Addiction, Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cyber Psychology, Internet, Relationships, Social Psychology

Online Interventions Can Lower Stress Response

As far as practical steps you can to take to improve your mental health, you could do worse than learning some new techniques for coping with stress. Stress is something we deal ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Cyber Psychology, Stress & Anxiety, Treatment

Dark Personality Traits and Internet Usage

It’s a common recognition these days that the internet has a dark side. The anonymity, lack of face-to-face interaction, and low amount of effort required are all a natural fit for the ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Cyber Psychology, Internet, Narcissism, Personality