Title Percepcija dominantnosti i empatičnosti modela angažiranih u imitaciju Title (english) Perception of the dominance and empathy of models engaged in imitation Author Danijela Marasović Mentor Matilda Nikolić Ivanišević (mentor)Committee member Pavle Valerjev (predsjednik povjerenstva)Committee member Jelena Ombla (član povjerenstva)Committee member Matilda Nikolić Ivanišević (član povjerenstva)Granter University of Zadar Defense date and country 2022-09-26, Croatia Scientific / art field, SOCIAL SCIENCES Abstract U pokušajima odgovaranja na svrhu postojanja zrcalnih neurona kod ljudi, znanstvenici su se okrenuli potrazi za korelatima koji bi zajedničko uporište mogli pronaći upravo u ovom neuralnom sustavu. U tom je nastojanju započelo istraživanje imitacije za koju danas sa sigurnošću možemo reći da korelira s razvijenom empatijom. Pored toga, utvrđivane su različite okolnosti u kojima je vjerojatnost imitiranja povećana, poput dijeljenja zajedničkih karakteristika, percipirane privlačnosti i prisustva dominantnog pojedinca. Prema literaturi, analogno tome što se dominantnog pojedinca frekventnije imitira, pojedinac koji je imitiran percipira se dominantnim, a imitator submisivnim. K tome, muškarci kao socijalno dominantno percipiran spol pokazuju tendenciju zadržavanja svojeg dominantnog statusa unutar i između spolova. Uslijed potrebe povezivanja ovih nalaza u konkretnu cjelinu, cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati procjene dominantnosti i empatičnosti imitatora i inicijatora ovisno o stupnju imitacije te spolu i empatiji procjenjivača. Uzorak je uključivao 115 sudionika, 86 žena i 29 muškaraca u dobi od 18 do 40 godina. Sudionici su promatrali 3 videozapisa inicijatora i imitatora s različitim stupnjem imitacije – ignoriranje, djelomična i potpuna imitacija. Za svaki videozapis procijenili su dominantnost i empatičnost modela te ispunili upitnik za vlastitu procjenu empatije.
Rezultati ukazuju na trend percipiranja imitatora submisivnijim što u većoj mjeri imitira sugovornika, dok je najdominantniji onda kada se ne angažira u imitiranje. Za inicijatora radnje vrijedi trend povećanja dominantnosti što je u većoj mjeri imitiran. Sagledavajući varijablu spola, muškarci su generalno skloniji davati niže procjene dominantnosti nego žene. Procjene empatičnosti imitatora veće su u potpunoj imitaciji nego u ignoriranju, a povezane su isključivo s kognitivnim aspektom empatije procjenjivača, i to u djelomičnoj imitaciji. Dobiveni rezultati raspravljeni su u kontekstu interakcije biološkog, socijalnog i evolucijskog područja psihologije.
Abstract (english) While seeking for an answer to the purpose of the human mirror neurons system, scientists have turned to finding the correlates which could be having a common basis in this neural system. The research of imitation had started and today, with certainty, can be said that it correlates to a developed empathy. Besides that, different conditions have been determined in which the probability of imitating increases, such as sharing common characteristics, perceived likeability and the presence of the dominant individual. According to the literature, analogous to a higher tendency to mimic a dominant individual, the person who is being imitated tends to be perceived more dominant, and the imitator more submissive. In addition, men being perceived as a socially dominant sex tend to show a tendency of maintaining their dominance status within and between the two sexes. Due to the necessity to intertwine these findings, the aim of this study was to examine the third party's assessments of dominance and empathy of the initiator and imitator depending on the level of imitation, sex and empathy of the evaluator. The sample consisted of 115 participants, 86 women and 29 men aging from 18 to 40 years. The participants watched 3 videos of initiator and imitator with different levels of imitation – ignoring, partial and full imitation. For every video they estimated dominance and empathy of the models, and filled a questionnaire for their own assessment of empathy. The results indicate a trend of perceiving the imitator more submissive with the increase of imitation of the initiator, while being the most dominant when not engaging in the imitation. For the initiator of the actions there is a trend of a higher dominance with the increase of the imitation. Considering the sex variable, men are generally more prone to lower assessments of dominance than women. The estimations of the imitator's empathy are higher while fully engaging in the imitation than ignoring the initiator, and are connected specifically to the cognitive aspect of evaluator's empathy within the partial imitation. The given results are discussed within the interactional context of the biological, social and evolutionary fields of psychology.
Keywords
imitacija
dominantnost
empatija
Keywords (english)
imitation
dominance
empathy
Language croatian URN:NBN urn:nbn:hr:162:614244 Study programme Title: Psychology Type of resource Text File origin Born digital Access conditions Open access Terms of use Created on 2022-12-06 11:58:39
