大使动物对游客的保护知识和对动物园展览上的异国情调物的态度没有明显的影响
Daniel G Kirsch1, Anna C MacPherson2, Caterina N Meyers
1Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Zoo biology
|October 29, 2024
概括
动物园的大使动物计划没有改善教育成果或促进异国情调的物所有权. 虽然参观者更多地了解了保护行为,但大使动物的存在对学习或对异国情调物的态度没有重大影响.
科学领域:
- 动物学教育动物学教育
- 动物行为研究动物行为研究.
- 保护心理学 保护心理学
背景情况:
- 动物园大使动物计划对教育影响的研究有限.
- 担忧包括计划的有效性和对异国情调物所有权的潜在促进.
研究的目的:
- 通过实验评估大使动物是否增强或减弱动物园展览的教育成果.
- 为了确定这些计划是否无意地鼓励拥有异国情调的物.
主要方法:
- 一个双向因数实验调查了312名动物园游客在观看非法野生动物贸易展览之前和之后.
- 参观者可以看到静态展览或展览中的大使或黄鼻亚马逊.
- 调查测量了保护态度,保护行为知识和物适应性,通过ANOVA进行分析.
主要成果:
- 两组之间没有发现保护态度的显著差异.
- 参观者对保护行为的知识在展览后增加,无论大使动物是否存在.
- 虽然展览曝光减少了对作为物的有利态度,但大使动物没有影响;的存在增加了对的积极物适应感.
结论:
- 在这项研究中,大使动物既没有显著提高教育成果,也没有无意地促进异国情调物所有权.
- 展览本身改善了保护行为知识,并减少了对作为物的有利态度.
- 建议进一步研究解释性信息在涉及大使动物的教育环境中的作用.
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