Psychology and the internet : intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal implications / edited by Jayne Gackenbach.
by
Gackenbach, Jayne, 1946-
ISBN
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9780080469058
Title
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Psychology and the internet : intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal implications / edited by Jayne Gackenbach.
Author
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Gackenbach, Jayne, 1946-
Edition
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2nd ed.
Publication Information
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Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2007.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xv, 374 pages) : illustrations
Contents
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Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Internet in Context -- Part I Intrapersonal -- 2. Children and the Internet -- 3. Self Online: Personality and Demogrpahic Implications -- 4. Disinhibition and the Internet -- 5. The Psychology of Sex: A Mirror from the Internet -- 6. Internet Addiction: Does it Really Exist? (Revisited) -- Part II Interpersonal -- 7. Revisiting Computer--Mediated Communication for Work, Community, and Learning -- 8. The Virtual Society: Its Driving Forces, Arrangements, Practices and Implications -- 9. Internet Self-Help and Support Groups: The Pros and Cons of Text-Based Mutual Aid -- 10. Cyber Shrinks: Expanding the Paradigm -- Part III Transpersonal -- 11. From Mediatred Environments to the Development of Consciousness II -- 12. World Wide Brain: Self-Organizing Internet Intelligence as the Actualization of the Collective Unconscious -- 13. The Internet and Higher States of Consciousness--A Transpersonal Perspective -- Index.
Introduction to psychological aspects of Internet use / Jayne Gackenbach and Evelyn Ellerman -- The intrapersonal : statistically "normal" and "deviant" aspects of the self -- The self and the Internet : variations on the illusion of one self / Elizabeth Reid -- Causes and implications of disinhibited behavior on the Internet / Adam Joinson -- Internet addiction : does it really exist? / Mark Griffiths -- Internet therapy and self-help groups : the pros and cons / Storm A. King and Danielle Moreggi -- Future clinical directions : professional development, pathology, and psychotherapy on-line / John M. Grohol -- The interpersonal : from close to distant relationships -- The psychology of sex : a mirror from the Internet / Raymond J. Noonan -- Males, females, and the Internet / Janet Morahan-Martin -- Work and community via computer-mediated communication / Caroline Haythornthwaite, Barry Wellman, and Laura Garton -- Virtual societies : their prospects and dilemmas / Magid Igbaria, Conrad Shayo, and Lorne Olfman -- The transpersonal : on the net and the net itself -- From mediated environments to the development of consciousness / Joan M. Preston -- World wide brain : self-organizing Internet intelligence as the actualization of the collective unconscious / Ben Goertzel -- The coevolution of technology and consciousness / Jayne Gackenbach, Greg Guthrie, and Jim Karpen.
Local Note
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eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject Term
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Communication -- Psychological aspects.
Internet -- Psychological aspects.
Computer networks -- Psychological aspects.
Added Author
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Gackenbach, Jayne, 1946-
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
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2007
Publication Information
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Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, ©2007.
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150.2854678 22 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |