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Cyberpsychology

Course Description: This course covers an introduction to cyberpsychology, its most important theories, social relationships online, the self and cyber identity, psychological needs of youth in the digital world, digital citizenship and ethics, psychological disorders emerging from the cyber world, issues in cyberpsychology, and cyber psychological counseling.
Credits: 2
Objectives of the course :

The course aims to:
• Clarify the main theoretical concepts of cyber psychology, apply the theoretical aspects that explain individual behavior in cyberspace, understand cyber psychology issues, and identify cyber psychological counseling strategies.

Course outputs :

The student will be able to identify the basic concepts in the field of cyber psychology.
The student mentions the characteristics of online social relationships, social isolation, digital communication, and prejudice in the digital world.
The student enumerates the specific aspects of the self and cyber identity.
That the student discusses cyberpsychology theories.
The student will learn about the psychological needs of youth and the digital world, as well as digital citizenship and ethics.
To interpret the results of theories explaining interaction via social web networks.
To identify the psychological needs of youth in the digital world of social media users.
The student will analyze psychological disorders arising from the cyber world, and understand their types and causes.
The student will explain some issues in cyber psychology, such as cyberbullying and cybercrime.
The student can distinguish between cyber-psychological counseling methods in diagnosing space and web problems and how to treat them.

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  • Last updated: 2026-04-30

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