Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle (born 1948) is a clinical psychologist and a professor of Science, Technology and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Born in New York City, New York (USA) she has focused her research on psychoanalysis and culture and on the psychology of people's relationship with technology, especially computer technology and computer addiction.

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1948 - Clinical psychologist - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - New York City - New York - USA - Psychoanalysis - Culture - Technology - Computer - Computer addiction

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In The Second Self Turkle uses mainly Jean Piaget's psychology discourse to discuss how children learn about computers, and how this affects their and our minds.

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In Life on the Screen, she claims that misrepresenting oneself in a MUD may be therapeutic. As far as women and computers are concerned, Turkle points out women's "non-linear" approach to the technology, calling it "soft mastery" and "bricolage" (as opposed to the "hard mastery" of linear, abstract thinking and computer programming).

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MUD - Therapeutic - Bricolage

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Turkle has been referred to as "cybershrink" by parts of the media.

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