社会价值取向对互惠合作中来源记忆的影响

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2026.1325

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 本研究采用序列囚徒困境范式, 结合行为与脑电实验探究社会价值取向对互惠合作中合作与背叛伙伴来源记忆的影响及其电生理机制。行为结果发现, 亲社会价值取向者对合作伙伴有更好的来源记忆, 而亲自我价值取向者对背叛伙伴有更好的来源记忆。脑电结果发现, 在结果评价早期阶段, 亲自我价值取向者在背叛反馈下诱发更大FRN波幅, 而亲社会价值取向者在合作反馈下诱发更大FRN波幅; 在晚期阶段, 仅亲自我价值取向者在背叛反馈下诱发更大LPP波幅及更强的theta振荡。结果表明不同社会价值取向个体对合作与背叛反馈出现相反的结果评价模式, 仅亲自我价值取向者对背叛反馈存在更高情绪唤醒并投入更多注意资源。此外, FRN波幅和theta振荡均与来源记忆正确率显著相关。综上, 社会价值取向通过调节互惠合作中的结果评价过程, 进而影响个体对合作与背叛伙伴的来源记忆偏好。

关键词: 互惠合作, 社会价值取向(SVO), 结果评价, 事件相关电位(ERPs), 来源记忆

Abstract: Adaptive decision-making in reciprocal cooperation relies on individuals' memory for prior interactions, as people tend to approach previous cooperators and avoid previous cheaters. Source memory, defined as the ability to remember who performed which behavior, enables individuals to distinguish between cooperative and cheating partners and to adjust subsequent decisions accordingly. However, prior studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding whether source memory is preferentially enhanced for cooperative or cheating partners. One plausible explanation for these inconsistencies lies in individual differences in Social Value Orientation (SVO), a dispositional trait that classifies individuals as prosocial or proself and influences how they evaluate and remember social information. Against this backdrop, the present study examined whether SVO differentially modulates source memory for cooperative and cheating partners in reciprocal cooperation and whether such differences are reflected in distinct electrophysiological responses during feedback processing.
Two experiments were conducted using a sequential Prisoner's Dilemma paradigm. In Experiment 1, forty participants were included in the final analysis and classified as either prosocial (n = 20) or proself (n = 20) based on the Social Value Orientation Slider Measure. Participants engaged in repeated interactions with partners who either cooperated or cheated. A 2 (SVO: prosocial vs. proself) × 2 (partner behavior: cooperation vs. cheating) mixed design was employed, with source memory accuracy and subsequent decision behavior as dependent variables. Experiment 2 recruited 46 participants, including 23 prosocial and 23 proself individuals. During the feedback phase of each interaction, electroencephalographic (EEG) activity was recorded. The independent variables were identical to those in Experiment 1, and the dependent measures indexed early-stage feedback-related negativity (FRN), late-stage late positive potential (LPP), and theta power.
Experiment 1 revealed a significant interaction between SVO and partner behavior on source memory. Prosocial individuals demonstrated superior source memory accuracy for cooperators relative to cheaters, whereas proself individuals showed better source memory accuracy for cheaters than for cooperators. In Experiment 2, SVO significantly modulated neural responses during feedback processing. During the early stage of outcome evaluation, prosocial individuals exhibited more negative FRN amplitudes in response to cooperative feedback, whereas proself individuals showed more negative FRN amplitudes following cheating feedback. In the later stage, enhanced LPP amplitudes in response to cheating feedback were observed only among proself individuals. Time-frequency analyses further indicated that SVO modulated theta power elicited by cheating feedback, with greater theta power observed exclusively in proself individuals. Correlation analyses revealed that FRN amplitude was negatively associated with source memory accuracy, whereas theta power was positively associated with source memory accuracy.
Overall, the findings demonstrate that Social Value Orientation shapes source memory in reciprocal cooperation by modulating neural processes of outcome evaluation. Divergent patterns of FRN indicate that prosocial and proself individuals differ in early evaluative sensitivity to cooperative and cheating feedback, whereas variations in LPP and theta power reflect differences in sustained attentional and motivational engagement. These differential neural processes were associated with subsequent memory performance, resulting in preferential encoding of cooperation among prosocial individuals and of cheating among proself individuals. By integrating behavioral and electrophysiological evidence, the present study clarifies how value-based motivational orientations bias memory encoding in cooperative contexts and advances understanding of personality influences on social decision-making.

Key words: reciprocal cooperation, social value orientation (SVO), outcome evaluation, event-related potentials (ERPs), source memory

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杨景童, 姜英杰, 龙翼婷. (2026). 社会价值取向对互惠合作中来源记忆的影响. 心理学报, 58(7), 1325-1342.

YANG Jingtong, JIANG Yingjie, LONG Yiting. (2026). The effect of social value orientation on source memory in reciprocal cooperation. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 58(7), 1325-1342.

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