Eliciting Effects on Shy Individuals’ Inclination of Withdrawal Behaviors by Social Cues

Abstract

Abstract:

Shyness as a social cognitive phenomenon is closely related to social contexts. Earlier research on shyness based on clinical observation and questionnaire assessment however had been limited to the description of static behavior characteristics of shy individuals, largely ignoring how these characteristics dynamically adjust withdrawal behaviors of the crowd. This study explored the impact of different social cues upon shy individuals’ inclination of social behaviors from a socio-cognitive perspective. A sample of 89 high-shy individuals and 84 low-shy individuals was chosen as experimental subjects, and effects of social cues on their inclination of social behaviors were examined by checking different face cues under the cue-exposure research paradigm. Results indicated that as compared with neutral face-traits, angry ones significantly elicited high-shy individuals’ inclination of retreatment while happy ones facilitated high-shy individuals’ inclination of social behaviors. Empirical evidence was provided to explain the characteristics of social disorder of high shy individuals in this study.

Key words: social cues, cue-exposure paradigm, shyness, inclination of social behavior

摘要：

以89名高害羞者和84名低害羞者为被试，以基于虚拟社交情境中的愤怒面孔线索、愉快面孔线索和中性面孔线索为刺激材料，采用线索暴露范式探讨了社交线索对害羞者社交行为倾向的影响。实验结果表明，相对于中性面孔线索，愤怒面孔线索对高害羞者的社交退缩行为倾向具有显著的诱发作用，而愉快面孔线索对其社交行为倾向具有促进作用。该研究为解释高害羞者社交障碍的特征提供了实验证据，并为如何减少高害羞者的退缩行为进而消除其社交障碍提供了一定的思路。

关键词: 社交线索, 线索暴露范式, 害羞, 社交行为倾向

金一波王文娟张锋李娇. 社交线索对害羞者社交行为倾向的影响[J]. 心理科学, 2012, 35(5): 1164-1168.

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