A Study Of The Psychological Reasons That Influence Chinese Goddess Preference

Goddess belief is an important part of the Chinese folk belief system.The Goddess belief has a long history in China,and has rich cultural and historical connotations.In our folk belief system,goddess are not only numerous,but also diversified.The research on goddess mainly focuses on literature,history and folk customs,but seldom in the field of psychology.Through the research and analysis of the collected literature and data,the author decided to use the method of empirical research.From the perspective of folk cultural psychology,this paper attempts to explore the psychological reasons for the existence of the Goddess' s preference in Chinese people,in order to enrich and deepen the theory and research of the goddess in Chinese folk beliefs.Study 1: by measuring face preference,it is confirmed that Chinese people have goddess preference.The relationship between mother child attachment and face selection was explored by using the mother child attachment sub scale of IPPA.This paper mainly uses Face Gen modeler 3.1 software to generate different gender dimorphic cues from the selected images.The experimental program was compiled by E-Prime 2.0 software,and the 2AFC(two alternative forced choice)paradigm was used to explore the problem of God's face preference.The results show that: when people choose the face of God,the masculine female face is more in line with the image of "God" in people's minds.Therefore,there is a preference for goddess in Chinese mind.The dimensions of trust and communication in the mother child attachment sub scale of IPPA affect face selection.Study 2: Through interviews with the believers of goddesses,using qualitative research methods,to explore the psychological reasons of the Chinese Goddess' preference.The results are as follows.(1)The significance of goddess to human is mainly reflected in the aspect of pouring out,and the Goddess has a variety of functions.People not only pour out their thoughts to the goddess,but also expect to get help from the goddess according to their own needs.(2)There are many similarities between the representation of Goddess and that of mother.(3)Mother child attachment is one of the psychological reasons for people to choose a goddess as the object of belief.Through the above two studies,this paper first confirms that Chinese people do have goddess preference,secondly,it explores the psychological reasons for Chinese Goddess preference.Through the perspective of folk cultural psychology,to explore the phenomenon of Goddess preference in Chinese people,not only can people have a deep understanding of the phenomenon of Goddess preference in Chinese folk beliefs,but they can also make people have a further understanding of the psychological reasons for the Goddess' s preference in Chinese folk beliefs.Through the close connection between folk culture and psychology,we can provide a new idea for the research in the field of psychology,so as to enrich the research of psychology in the field of folk belief.