Imbalwa imidalo yobuciko engavala ukuhlukana kweminyaka yobudala, ubulili, nezizinda zamasiko njengamathoyizi aluhlaza. Zivusa imizwa emhlabeni wonke futhi zibonwa emhlabeni wonke njengezifanekiselo zokuxhumana ngokomzwelo. Amathoyizi e-Plush amelela isifiso somuntu esibalulekile sokufudumala, ukuphepha, nobungane. Athambile futhi athandeka, awawona nje amathoyizi. Bafeza indima ejule kakhulu ekuthuliseni umqondo womuntu.
Ngo-1902, uMorris Michitom wadala owokuqalaithoyizi elimnandi lokuhweba, i-“Teddy Bear.” Kugqugquzelwe isiteketiso sikaRoosevelt, "Teddy." Nakuba uMichitom asebenzisa isidlaliso sikaRoosevelt, umongameli owayephethe wayengawuthandi kakhulu lo mbono, ewuthatha njengokungathi awuhloniphi isithombe sakhe. Eqinisweni, kwakuyi "Teddy Bear" eyadala imboni yezigidigidi zamadola. Umlando wamathoyizi agxishiwe ubonisa ukuguqulwa kwawo kusuka ezilwaneni ezigxilile kuya kulokho ezikumelelayo namuhla - isipho sakudala saseMelika esitholakala yonke indawo. Badabuka e-USA ukuletha injabulo ezinganeni, kodwa namuhla, baziswa abantu babo bonke ubudala.
I-Psychology isinika izizathu ezisho ukuthi ithoyizi likanokusho linendima engakanani ekuthuthukiseni imizwelo yengane. Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo esithuthukayo saseBrithani uDonald Winnicott singaphakamisa lokhu ngethiyori yakhe “yento eguquguqukayo,” sisho ukuthi kungenxa yamathoyizi aluhlaza lapho umuntu enza khona inguquko yokuthembela kubanakekeli. Olunye ucwaningo olwenziwa eNyuvesi yaseMinnesota lubonisa ukuthi ukwanga izilwane ezigxishiwe kushaya ubuchopho ekukhipheni i-oxytocin, “ihomoni ye-cuddle” esebenza kahle kakhulu ekulweni nengcindezi. Futhi akuzona izingane kuphela; abantu abadala abangaba ngu-40% bayavuma ukuthi bagcina amathoyizi kanokusho kusukela ebuntwaneni babo.
Amathoyizi athambileziye zavela ukuhlukahluka kwamasiko amaningi nokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke. "I-Rilakkuma" kanye "Nezidalwa Zasekhoneni" ziveza ukuthatheka kwamasiko ase-Japan ngobuhle. Amathoyizi e-Nordic plussh amelela ifilosofi yokuklama yaseScandinavia ngobumo bawo bejometri. E-China, onodoli be-panda badlala indima ebalulekile emotweni yokusabalalisa amasiko. Ithoyizi eliyi-panda, elenziwe eShayina, layiswa eSiteshini Somkhathi Samazwe Ngamazwe futhi laba “umgibeli” okhethekile emkhathini.
Amanye amathoyizi athambile manje afakwe izinzwa zokushisa namamojula e-Bluetooth, ahambisana nohlelo lokusebenza lweselula, futhi enze kube nokwenzeka ngesilwane esiphundu “ukukhuluma” nomphathi waso. Ososayensi baseJapan baphinde bakha amarobhothi aphilisayo ayinhlanganisela ye-AI kanye nethoyizi eliwumhloshana ngendlela yomngane onobungane nohlakaniphile ongakwazi ukufunda futhi aphendule imizwa yakho. Kodwa-ke, ukulandela konke - njengoba idatha ibonisa - isilwane esilula kakhulu siyathandwa. Mhlawumbe enkathini yedijithali, lapho okuningi kungamabhithi, umuntu ulangazelela ukufudumala okuthile okuthintekayo.
Ngokwezinga lengqondo, izilwane eziwubukhazikhazi zihlala zikhanga abantu ngoba zenza “ukusabela kwethu okuhle,” igama elethulwa isazi sezilwane saseJalimane uKonrad Lorenz. Zihlotshiswe ngezici ezithandekayo, njengamehlo amakhulu nobuso obuyindilinga eduze kwamakhanda “amancane” kanye nemizimba yama-chibi eletha umuzwa wethu wokondla ngqo phezulu. I-Neuroscience ikhombisa ukuthi uhlelo lweReward Comms (n Accumbens -isakhiwo somvuzo sobuchopho) luqhutshwa ukubona amathoyizi athambile. Lokhu kukhumbuza indlela ubuchopho obusabela ngayo lapho umuntu ebuka ingane.
Nakuba siphila esikhathini sezinto ezibonakalayo eziningi, akukho okuvimba ukukhula kwemakethe yamathoyizi ewubukhazikhazi. Ngokolwazi olunikezwe abahlaziyi bezomnotho, balinganisela ukuthi imakethe kanokusho izoba endaweni eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili namakhulu amahlanu amaRandi ngo-2022, ibe ngaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili ngo-2032. Imakethe yokuqoqwa kwabantu abadala, imakethe yezingane, noma kokubili kube yimbangela yalokhu kukhula. Lokhu kwafakazelwa isiko laseJapan “lezinhlamvu ze-peripheral” kanye “nethoyizi lomklami” lokuqoqa ukuhlanya e-US naseYurophu okudalule indlela izinto ezithambile ezibambelela kahle ngayo.
Uma sigona isilwane sethu esigxishiwe, kungase kubonakale sengathi senza opopayi bethu - kodwa empeleni siyingane eduduzwa yikho. Mhlawumbe izinto ezingaphili ziba yiziqukathi zemizwa ngenxa nje yokuthi zenza izilaleli ezithule ngokuphelele, azisoze zahlulela, azisoze zakushiya noma zilahle noma yiziphi izimfihlo zakho. Ngalo mqondo,amathoyizi amahlesekuyisikhathi eside sadlulela ngalé kokubhekwa “njengamathoyizi” nje, futhi, esikhundleni salokho, ziye zaba yingxenye ebalulekile yengqondo yomuntu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-08-2025