Effects of Cyber Addiction
The Effects of Cyber Addiction in
Academic Performance Among Selected
First Year Students of San Beda College – Alabang
A Research Paper Presented to
The Faculty of College of Arts and Sciences
Major in Psychology
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
NBP Reservation, Poblacion, Muntinlupa City
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the subject
PSY-312B-2 Psychological Research
By:
Bon, Lady Arriane E.
Domanais, Alvin
October 2010
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
Ten years ago, the only people who spent a majority of their leisure time on the computer were paid members of the technology industry. Today, however, surfing the web has become a pastime as social and marketable as bar hopping or going to the movies. As the web has become a part of mainstream life, some mental health professionals have noted that a percentage of people using the web do so in a compulsive and out-of-control manner.
In a true addiction, a person becomes compulsively dependent upon a particular kind of stimulation to the point where obtaining a steady supply of that stimulation becomes the sole and central focus of their lives. The addict increasingly neglects his work duties, relationships and ultimately even his health in his drive to remain stimulated. In some cases of addiction (such as addiction to alcohol or to heroin), a phenomenon known as tolerance occurs, wherein more and more stimulation is required to produce the same pleasurable effect. A related phenomena, withdrawal, can also occur, wherein the addicted person comes to be dependent upon their source of stimulation and experiences dramatically unpleasant (and even potentially lethal -- as can be the case with alcohol) reactions when he goes without it. Sources of addictive stimulation can be chemical (as is the case with addictive drugs such as alcohol, cocaine, nicotine and heroin), sensual (as in sex) or even informational (as in gambling or workaholism). What all
Academic Performance Among Selected
First Year Students of San Beda College – Alabang
A Research Paper Presented to
The Faculty of College of Arts and Sciences
Major in Psychology
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa
NBP Reservation, Poblacion, Muntinlupa City
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the subject
PSY-312B-2 Psychological Research
By:
Bon, Lady Arriane E.
Domanais, Alvin
October 2010
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
Ten years ago, the only people who spent a majority of their leisure time on the computer were paid members of the technology industry. Today, however, surfing the web has become a pastime as social and marketable as bar hopping or going to the movies. As the web has become a part of mainstream life, some mental health professionals have noted that a percentage of people using the web do so in a compulsive and out-of-control manner.
In a true addiction, a person becomes compulsively dependent upon a particular kind of stimulation to the point where obtaining a steady supply of that stimulation becomes the sole and central focus of their lives. The addict increasingly neglects his work duties, relationships and ultimately even his health in his drive to remain stimulated. In some cases of addiction (such as addiction to alcohol or to heroin), a phenomenon known as tolerance occurs, wherein more and more stimulation is required to produce the same pleasurable effect. A related phenomena, withdrawal, can also occur, wherein the addicted person comes to be dependent upon their source of stimulation and experiences dramatically unpleasant (and even potentially lethal -- as can be the case with alcohol) reactions when he goes without it. Sources of addictive stimulation can be chemical (as is the case with addictive drugs such as alcohol, cocaine, nicotine and heroin), sensual (as in sex) or even informational (as in gambling or workaholism). What all