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宠物能融入人类的自我吗? 宠物相关信息的记忆加工优势探索

萌宠菠菠乐园
2025-10-10 01:04

摘要：

越来越多的宠物进入人类生活, 人们与之建立稳定的人宠关系。为揭示良好人宠关系的内在基础, 本文通过3个研究探查宠物自我及宠物相关信息的记忆加工优势。研究1采用问卷法初步探讨当今社会人宠关系, 结果发现相比非养宠人,养宠人会将宠物融入自我, 初步证实宠物自我的存在。研究2采用经典R/K范式探讨养宠人对宠物相关信息的加工特征, 结果发现养宠人对与宠物相关的信息有更强的记忆加工优势,在宠物参照下的再认率显著高于名人参照和语义参照, 并且与自我参照和母亲参照下的再认率相近。研究3进一步采用ERP技术考察养宠人对宠物相关信息加工的电生理特征, 结果发现宠物参照下诱发的LPC波幅显著高于名人参照,显著低于自我参照, 但与母亲参照类似。整个研究揭示了在稳定的人宠关系中, 养宠人存在一种特殊的宠物自我, 并表现出记忆参照效应, 但宠物自我距离个体的自我核心还存在一定距离。

关键词: 养宠人, 宠物自我, 宠物参照效应

Abstract:

A good human-pet relationship can offer many benefits to humans, yet the internal mechanisms of this significant, intimate bond remain unclear. Due to prolonged close contact, pet owners may regard their pets as part of their family and even incorporate pets into their self-concept, demonstrating an advantage in processing pet-related information.

Based on this, this work comprised three studies, which systematically investigated the relationship between pet owners and their pets. In study 1, the Inclusion of Other in the Self (IOS) Scale and a self-concept questionnaire examined the relationship between the self-concept of pets and their owners. In Study 2, the R/K paradigm explored the processing characteristics of pet-related information by pet owners, with a focus on memory processing, and verified the presence of the pet reference effect. Finally, Study 3 utilized ERP technology to investigate the pet reference processing bias among pet owners from an electrophysiological perspective.

The results indicated that: (1) Compared with non-owners, pet owners typically incorporate their pets into their self-concept to create a pet self. (2) Pet owners exhibit a stronger memory processing advantage for pet-related information and a significantly higher recognition rate for pet references in comparison to those for celebrities and semantic references. This recognition rate is similar to that for self-references and mother references. (3) The induced LPC amplitude for pet references was significantly higher than that for celebrity references, yet similar to that of mother references and significantly lower than self-references.

To conclude, this study has demonstrated that pet owners tend to regard their pets as an extension of themselves, creating a pet self, and exhibit a pet reference effect on memory. However, the pet self essentially remains a relational self, maintaining a certain distance from the core self. Existing research on the self has emphasized significant others while excluding the realm of pets. More importantly, it is necessary to consider the impact of pets on individuals. Pet owners often regard their pets as cherished family members, fostering a strong bond that enables individuals to perceive their pets as an extension of themselves; this contributes to the positive effect of pets on individuals’ physical and mental well-being.

Key words: pet owner, pet self, PRE

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B849: C91