斑比效應

斑比效應（英語：Bambi effect）指的是受到此效應影響的人，將會極力反對人類殺害一般被公認為「可愛」的動物（特別是狗或兔<ref>Knight, John. Waiting for wolves in Japan: an anthropological study of people-wildlife relations. Oxford UP. 2003: 155. ISBN 9780199255184. </ref>以及其他的寵物<ref>Nash, Susan Smith. Leadership and the E-Learning Organization. Texture. 2006: 222. ISBN 9780971206168. </ref>），但同時卻不會反對殺害那些「不可愛」的動物。例如蜥蜴以及蛇。這通常被視為一種不正常、不符合道義的心理現象。

根據一本有關擬人論的書籍<ref>Petersen, Hanne; Birger Poppel. Dependency, autonomy, sustainability in the Arctic. Ashgate. 1999: 286. ISBN 9781840147018.  </ref>，斑比效應主要的影響來源是華特迪士尼於1942年製作的動畫電影《小鹿斑比》其中的一段劇情：主角斑比（Bambi）的母親被獵人殺害的片段。<ref>The Bambi Effect. Portland Mercury. [2007-09-25]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-27）. This is the Bambi Effect: our adverse reaction to cute critters being harmed. </ref><ref>Anti-hunting sentiment on the wane.. Times Community Newspapers. [2007-09-25]. （原始内容存档于2006-04-23）. Remarking on the "Bambi Effect," noted demographer Diane Crispell wrote: "Ever since (the Walt Disney classic movie) Bambi, hunters have been typecast in the media as villains who take shots at anything that moves for the sheer love of killing." </ref><ref>Boardman, Robert; Debora VanNijnatten. Canadian environmental policy: context and cases. Oxford UP. 2002.  </ref>