Self extension into robots : an examination of variables that promote overlap in the concepts of self and robot
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Current research on the psychological aspects of human-robot interaction tends to focus on social encounters between humans and autonomous robots. However, many robots today are controlled by human operators. Numerous features of robot teleoperation are predictors of self extension, whereby an object comes to represent and maintain the self. Understanding the causes of self extension into robots is increasingly important, as some tasks benefit from minimizing self extension, and others from maximizing self extension. This dissertation presents an evaluation of five variables predicated to affect self extension. Study 1 examined the effects of robot form and operator robot-building experience on self extension in a 2 (robot form: humanoid vs. car) x 2 (assembler: self vs. other) between-participants experiment design (N = 56). Significant main effects demonstrated that anthropomorphic form inhibits self extension, while functional form promotes self extension and elicits positive evaluations of robot personality. Results also revealed that an operator's experience interacting with a robot before controlling it can affect self extension, as participants who operated a robot they assembled demonstrated greater self extension and more positive affect than participants who operated an identical but different robot than the one they assembled. Study 2 examined the effects of robot autonomy, mediation, and artificiality on self extension in a 2(autonomy: autonomous v. teleoperated) x 2(mediation: direct view v. mediated view) x 2(artificiality: artificial v. actual) between-participants design (N=96). Results indicated that autonomy and actuality promote self extension and positive evaluations of robots. Mediation had little direct effect on participants, suggesting that artificiality has a more powerful impact on attitudes and self extension. A number of significant interactions are presented, and theoretical and design implications are discussed.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Groom, Victoria Jane |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Communication |
| Primary advisor | Nass, Clifford Ivar |
| Thesis advisor | Nass, Clifford Ivar |
| Thesis advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Thesis advisor | Hinds, Pamela |
| Thesis advisor | Reeves, Byron, 1949- |
| Advisor | Bailenson, Jeremy |
| Advisor | Hinds, Pamela |
| Advisor | Reeves, Byron, 1949- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Victoria Jane Groom. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Communication. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 2010. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2010 by Victoria Jane Groom
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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