A robot is watching me

Five-year-old children care about their reputation after interaction with a social robot

Bibliographic Data

ID8098099
AuthorsYuko Okumura (0000-0002-2389-5818, NTT Communication Science Laboratories , Kyoto, corresponding author), Takashi Hattori (0000-0002-7150-8536, NTT Communication Science Laboratories , Kyoto), Sanae Fujita (NTT Communication Science Laboratories , Kyoto), Tessei Kobayashi (0000-0002-6671-460X, NTT Communication Science Laboratories , Kyoto)
Year2023
Volume94
Issue4
Pages865-873
Publication date2023-02-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cdev.13903
PMID36752147
OpenAlexW4319460327
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited46

Since robots are becoming involved in children's lives, it is urgent to determine how children perceive robots. The present study assessed whether Japanese 5-year-olds care about their reputation when interacting with a social robot. Children were given stickers and asked to divide them between themselves and an absent recipient. Results revealed that children (N = 112, 55 boys, 57 girls) strategically shared more stickers when being watched by a social interactive robot than by an attentional but non-interactive robot or a still robot. Additionally, children (N = 36, 18 boys, 18 girls) attributed higher psychological properties to social robots. This study is the first to show that 5-year-olds care about their reputations from social robots

Developmental psychology · Mobile robot · Reputation · Robot · Robot control · Social relation · Social robot · Sociology · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Applied Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Social Psychology