School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Scand J Psychol. 2024 Feb;65(1):98-103. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12958. Epub 2023 Aug 20.
Previous research has shown that being observed can influence people's behaviors, including their eating habits. In this study, we predicted that men and women would exhibit different reactions to the perception of portion size of meat when being observed. By utilizing a camera to create a sense of being observed during the act of eating meat, we revealed that men in the observed condition reported perceiving the portion size of the meat they ate to be smaller and the eating amount to be less than was reported by those in the non-observed condition. However, women did not show any differences in their perceptions of the portion size of the meat they ate. These findings demonstrate that gender identity plays a role in how people perceive the meat they eat when they are aware of being observed. The discussion highlights the effect of being observed on meat consumption and illustrates the influence of masculine identity.
先前的研究表明，被观察会影响人们的行为，包括饮食习惯。在这项研究中，我们预测男性和女性在感知肉食份量时会表现出不同的反应。通过利用摄像头在吃肉的过程中营造出被观察的感觉，我们发现处于被观察状态的男性报告称，他们感觉到自己所吃的肉份量比非观察状态下的男性要小，吃得也更少。然而，女性对所吃的肉的份量没有表现出任何不同的感知。这些发现表明，性别认同在人们意识到被观察时对所吃的肉的感知中起作用。讨论强调了被观察对肉类消费的影响，并说明了男性身份的影响。
