Joetsu University of Education, Joetsu-shi, Niigata 943-8512, Japan.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2010 Oct;107(2):181-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.04.018. Epub 2010 Jun 12.
Previous studies have shown that observing a human model's actions, but not a robot's actions, could induce young children's perseverative behaviors and suggested that children's sociocognitive abilities can lead to perseverative errors ("social transmission of disinhibition"). This study investigated how the social transmission of disinhibition would occur. Specifically, the authors examined whether a robot with human appearance (an android) triggered young children's perseveration and compared the effects of the android with those of a human model. The results revealed that the android induced the social transmission of disinhibition. Also, children were more likely to be affected by the human model than by the android. The results suggested that behavioral cues (biological movement) may be important for the social transmission of disinhibition.
先前的研究表明，观察人类模型的动作而非机器人的动作，可以诱发幼儿的坚持行为，并表明儿童的社会认知能力可能导致坚持性错误（“抑制的社会传递”）。本研究探讨了抑制的社会传递是如何发生的。具体来说，作者研究了具有人类外观（android）的机器人是否会引发幼儿的坚持，并比较了 android 和人类模型的效果。结果表明，android 引发了抑制的社会传递。此外，儿童更容易受到人类模型的影响，而不是 android。结果表明，行为线索（生物运动）可能对抑制的社会传递很重要。
