Exploring young children's attributions through entertainment robots

Sandra Y. Okita; Daniel L. Schwartz; Takanori Shibata; Hideyuki Tokuda

doi:10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513810

Exploring young children's attributions through entertainment robots

Sandra Y. Okita, Daniel L. Schwartz, Takanori Shibata, Hideyuki Tokuda

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies

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Abstract

Children have "animistic intuitions" that they use to attribute intelligence, biology, and intentions. Robotic animals take on similar form and motion as real animals, and can exhibit intelligent behaviors. Two studies explore whether children apply animistic intuitions to robotic animals, and whether these attributes vary by the child's age and the robots' behaviors and appearance. A total of ninety-three children 3- to 5-years old participated in one of two experiments. Results show that 3-year-olds attribute a range of animistic properties to robots, whereas older children reduce their animistic attributions towards robotic dogs in piecemeal fashion according to specific questions and perceptual attributes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	14th IEEE Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2005
Pages	390-395
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513810
Publication status	Published - 2005 Dec 1
Event	14th IEEE Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2005 - Nashville, TN, United States Duration: 2005 Aug 13 → 2005 Aug 15

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Volume	2005

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Other	14th IEEE Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Nashville, TN
Period	05/8/13 → 05/8/15

Keywords

Cognitive psychology
Education
Human-robot interaction
Young children

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Engineering(all)

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Okita, S. Y., Schwartz, D. L., Shibata, T., & Tokuda, H. (2005). Exploring young children's attributions through entertainment robots. In 14th IEEE Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2005 (pp. 390-395). [1513810] (Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication; Vol. 2005). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513810

Exploring young children's attributions through entertainment robots. / Okita, Sandra Y.; Schwartz, Daniel L.; Shibata, Takanori et al.
14th IEEE Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2005. 2005. p. 390-395 1513810 (Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication; Vol. 2005).

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Okita, SY, Schwartz, DL, Shibata, T & Tokuda, H 2005, Exploring young children's attributions through entertainment robots. in 14th IEEE Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2005., 1513810, Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, vol. 2005, pp. 390-395, 14th IEEE Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2005, Nashville, TN, United States, 05/8/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513810

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