Laboratoire Epsylon EA 4556, Université Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France.
Laboratoire EMC, Université Lyon 2, Lyon, France.
Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 10;11(1):12260. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91298-w.
Social baseline theory states that there are differences in how humans integrate social resources into their economy of action when they face environmental demands. However, although several authors suggested that extraversion may be an indicator of the social baseline, no study has demonstrated it. The present study aims to test this hypothesis and, in particular, examines whether extraversion is a specific indicator of the social baseline. In two experiments, participants were asked to move rolls either alone (with their hands), or with the help of a social resource (Experiment 1), or a tool (Experiment 2). Results showed that extraversion predicted the choice to use both types of resource. Specifically, the more participants were extraverted, the more they tended to consider the use of the social resource or the tool as beneficial. We argue that these results indicate that extraversion is not specifically an indicator of the social baseline, but rather an indicator of how individuals integrate technical and social resources into their economy of action. In addition, this study encourages future research endeavors to define what constitutes a resource and how it could fit into the Social Baseline Theory.
社会基线理论指出，当人类面临环境需求时，他们在将社会资源融入自身行动经济的方式上存在差异。然而，尽管有几位作者提出外向性可能是社会基线的一个指标，但没有研究证明这一点。本研究旨在检验这一假设，特别是考察外向性是否是社会基线的一个特定指标。在两个实验中，参与者被要求独自（用手）或借助社会资源（实验 1）或工具（实验 2）来移动卷。结果表明，外向性预测了对使用这两种资源的选择。具体来说，参与者越外向，他们就越倾向于认为使用社会资源或工具是有益的。我们认为，这些结果表明，外向性不是社会基线的特定指标，而是个人将技术和社会资源融入自身行动经济的方式的指标。此外，这项研究鼓励未来的研究努力来定义什么构成资源以及它如何适应社会基线理论。
