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
Can pets be integrated into humans’ sense of self? An Exploration of the Memory Processing Advantage of Pet-related Information
徐科朋 1陈佳莉 2薛宏 3欧倩倩 4韩振华 2张积家 1许燕 5张舒玥1
作者信息
- 1. 广西师范大学教育学部心理学系, 广西，541004;广西师范大学共生教育研究中心,广西，541004;广西高校认知神经与应用心理重点实验室,广西，541004
- 2. 广西师范大学教育学部心理学系, 广西，541004
- 3. 广西师范大学教育学部心理学系, 广西，541004;广西高校认知神经与应用心理重点实验室,广西，541004
- 4. 深圳大学心理学院, 深圳，518060
- 5. 北京师范大学心理学部应用实验心理北京市重点实验室, 北京，100875
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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。研究一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。研究二采用经典 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。研究三进一步采用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。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. 关键词
养宠人/宠物自我/宠物参照效应Key words
pet owner/pet self/PRE引用本文复制引用
徐科朋,陈佳莉,薛宏,欧倩倩,韩振华,张积家,许燕,张舒玥.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[EB/OL].(2025-04-11)[2025-12-06].https://chinaxiv.org/abs/202504.00157.学科分类
科学、科学研究/生物科学研究方法、生物科学研究技术
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