<p>If you are referring to:</p>
<p>Carpenter, C. J., &amp; Spottswood, E. L. (2021). The Hyperperception Model: When Your Partner's New Friends Inspire Jealousy and Failing to Use Social Distancing. <em>Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 24</em>(7), 439-443. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0492" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0492</a></p>
<p>The article details give you a clue. For one, you have tagged the question correctly as a Social Psychology question, but it also crosses into Behavioural Psychology and a recently new branch of psychology called Cyberpsychology.</p>
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<p>Cyberpsychology is a scientific inter-disciplinary domain that focuses on the psychological phenomena which emerge as a result of the human interaction with digital technology, particularly the Internet — Source: British Psychological Society (BPS, n.d.)</p>
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<h2>References</h2>
<p>BPS (n.d.). <em>Cyberpsychology Section</em> <a href="https://www.bps.org.uk/member-microsites/cyberpsychology-section" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bps.org.uk/member-microsites/cyberpsychology-section</a></p>

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<p>Is hyperperception model related to Psychology or communication studies? I have read articles like (Carpenter &amp; Spottswood, 2021) but still wonder which Psychology is it related to or is it just a communication theory?</p>

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Welcome to Psychology.SE. Can you please provide a full citation for Carpenter & Spottswood (2021)? That could be anything and it would make finding it easier.
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Hyperperception model psychology?
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# Hyperperception model psychology?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-15)

Is hyperperception model related to Psychology or communication studies? I have read articles like (Carpenter & Spottswood, 2021) but still wonder which Psychology is it related to or is it just a communication theory?

**Tags:** social-psychology, cyberpsychology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Welcome to Psychology.SE. Can you please provide a full citation for Carpenter & Spottswood (2021)? That could be anything and it would make finding it easier.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-10-15. Score: 0

If you are referring to:

Carpenter, C. J., & Spottswood, E. L. (2021). The Hyperperception Model: When Your Partner's New Friends Inspire Jealousy and Failing to Use Social Distancing. *Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 24*(7), 439-443. <https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0492>

The article details give you a clue. For one, you have tagged the question correctly as a Social Psychology question, but it also crosses into Behavioural Psychology and a recently new branch of psychology called Cyberpsychology.

> Cyberpsychology is a scientific inter-disciplinary domain that focuses on the psychological phenomena which emerge as a result of the human interaction with digital technology, particularly the Internet — Source: British Psychological Society (BPS, n.d.)

## References

BPS (n.d.). *Cyberpsychology Section* <https://www.bps.org.uk/member-microsites/cyberpsychology-section>


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