Course Details
Country:
Japan
Institution:
Akita International University
Course Title:
Cyberpsychology
Course Number:
PSY310
Course Description:
Humans evolved to be psychologically and socially malleable to our environmental conditions, including the cultural environment. Over the past few decades, digital culture and technologies have advanced and proliferated, becoming indispensable tools that we use to think, feel, act and interact. Digital culture has changed our society. Has it also changed our psychological functioning?
In this course, we will examine how digital technology harnesses our innate, evolved psychological tendencies and influences social psychological processes (e.g., personal identity, interpersonal relations). We will examine how humans’ psychological functioning evolved to be sensitive and malleable to rewards and risks in our social and material environments and discuss various ways in which digital environments serve, shape, and sometimes undermine our social psychological needs.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
PSYC 3---
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