The Influence Of Interpersonal Contexts And Interactive Agent On Sense Of Agency

Mead believes that the self is the product of society,the common belonging of the "I" and the "Me" is society.As the basic experience of self-identification,the research and analysis of sense of agency(So A)help us to have better understanding of the way of self-existence.Based on the social attributes of the self,the research and discussion on the So A should start from a social perspective.In previous studies,it was found that the So A in social interaction is not only the sense of self agency,but also the sense of joint agency.Therefore,this research will examine the impact on the So A from two perspectives by setting up different interpersonal contexts and different interactive subjects.This study will set up three experiments to study the influence of interpersonal context and interactive agent on the So A.Experiment 1 uses the combination of the intentional binding paradigm of So A and the joint Simon task paradigm to create instantaneous cooperation,competition and neutral interpersonal contexts in the form of instructions to study the immediate impact of interpersonal contexts on the So A,The results found that compared with the neutral situation,the sense of joint agency in the cooperative situation was significantly improved,and the sense of self agency in the competitive situation was significantly improved.Since interpersonal contexts are not necessarily instant actions in social life,in order to further investigate the influence of interpersonal contexts on the So A.Experiment 2 uses the form of games to create early interpersonal situations to explore the delayed influence of interpersonal contexts on the So A.The results found that compared with the neutral situation,the sense of joint agency in the cooperative situation was significantly improved,and there was no significant difference in the sense of self agency in the competitive situation.With the advancement of science and technology,the form of human-computer interaction is becoming more common in life.Therefore,Experiment 3 will introduce the interactive agent to further explore the influence of interpersonal contexts.It is found that under human-computer interaction,the influence of interpersonal contexts on the So A is not significant.Besides,and the results of the social Simon effect show that under human-human interaction,in contrast to neutral situations,cooperation significantly improves the degree of self-other integration.Based on the three experiments of this research,it can be found from the results of the So A that in the cooperative situation,whether it is immediate or delayed,it will enhance the sense of joint agency,which shows that the individual actively pays attention to themselves and cooperative partners,and can pay attention to the common behavior of themselves and others.In the context of competition,only the instant situation can enhance the sense of self agency,which shows that the instant competitive situation will make individuals more inclined to focus on their own behavior which driven by the internal force of winning or comparing with others.From the results of the joint Simon effect,it can be found that in the joint task,the individual no longer takes "I" as the agentic identity,but forms a new agentic identity of "we",which jointly represent the behavior,and changes with the deepening of the union.With the increases the degree of this new identity,which shows that the sense of joint agency is closely related to the identity of the new agent.This phenomenon does not appear under human-computer interaction,which further illustrates that a person’s sense of joint agency in the behavior of others depends on his ability to collectively represent the behavior of his peers,but this ability may be obstructed when interacting with computer programs.