Cyberpsychology:An Introduction to Human-Computer

Interaction

Kent L. NormanDepartment of Psychology

and the HCIL

HCIL Symposium 2009

Cyberpsychology• the study of the impact of

computers, technology, and virtual environments on the psychology of individuals and groups

Analog or Digital

The Digitizing of Our World

George Boole1815-1864

Claude Shannon1916-2001

J. C. R. Licklider1915 – 1990

Herman Hollerith1860-1929

Boolean algebra

Digital Storage

The Internet

Digital Computers

WilhelmWundt1832-1920

William James1842-1910

Ivan Pavlov1849-1936

Sigmund Freud1856-1939

The Psychologizing of Our World

Father of experimental psychology

Classical conditioning and learning

First American psychologist

The self and the unconscious

Audience(s)• Psychology undergraduates who need to

know about how people fit into the changing world of technology.

• Computer science students who do not have a sufficient background in the psychology of the user to begin studying HCI.

• Everyone whose life is affected by computers.

Cyberpsychology Chapters

• Historical Perspectives

• Biological and Technological Bases

• Theories Models, and Metaphors

• Research: Modes and Methods

• Sensory-Motor Interfaces: Input and Output

• Learning, Memory, and Retrieval

• Cognitive: Thinking and Problem Solving

• Language and Programming

Cyberpsychology Topics

• Individual Differences and Personality

• Motivation, Emotion, and Affect

• Interpersonal Relations

• Abnormal Behavior and Cybertherapies

• Automation and Artificial Intelligence

• Assistive and Enhancing Technologies

• Games, Entertainment, and Education

• The Ultimate Human-Computer Interface

• Language and Programming

Biological and Technological Foundations

(humans on the left, machines on the right)

The Human/Computer Interface

Sensory-Motor I/O

Social Computing

• Facebook

• Myspace

• Blogspace

• Youtube

Social computing is a general term for an area of computer science that is concerned with the intersection of social behavior and computational systems.

New Cyberpathologies and new

Cybertherapies• Cyberphobias,

Cybergenic Stress Syndrome

• Internet manifestations of old pathologies

• Online therapies

Student Comments:

• I actually felt that the book was very well-written and most importantly, concise. Very easy to learn the information and the course was designed such that it was a wonderful study aid.

• I liked the way it was organized it covered a lot of aspects of psychology and technology that I didn’t think it would.

The End(or just the beginning)