A Review on Harmonizing Psychological Factors into Cyber Space
Keywords:
Cyberpsychology, digital modulation hypothesis, cyber securityAbstract
The rapidly evolving digital environment has changed how people think, communicate, and behave, calling for an interdisciplinary understanding of how people interact with machines. This manuscript investigates the newly-emerging discipline of cyberpsychology, which combines sociology, technology, and psychology to study how individuals interact with the digital environment. The review follows the evolution of cyberpsychology through time, starting in the early days of the internet and ending in the present day with digital mental health interventions and widespread connectedness. The "digital modulation hypothesis," which contends that fundamental human abilities like emotional acuity, empathy, and impulse control continue to exist online but are expressed adaptively within the constraints and affordances of virtual environments, is the main thesis. The literature on subjects like moral reasoning, self-regulation in digital environments, and cyber-disinhibition is critically analysed in this work. It also emphasises how they interact. It also discusses issues like risk perception, emotional resilience, and algorithmic bias, highlighting the interaction between psychology and cybersecurity. The analysis concludes by outlining potential future paths for cyberpsychology, including the influence of new technologies, the development of digital health, and the moral use of behavioural data in cybersecurity.
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