Kaplan Alexandra D, Sanders Tracy, Hancock Peter A
Minds in Technology/Machines in Thought Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States.
MITRE, Washington, DC, United States.
Front Robot AI. 2019 Jan 9;5:135. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2018.00135. eCollection 2018.
Personality variables play an important role in how individuals relate to the world around them, including how they view their peers. Such peers now include machine entities, such as robots. This study examined the relationship between the personality trait of extroversion and the tendency to view a robot as anthropomorphic in an experimental setting. To evaluate this relationship, 486 participants were required to complete measures of the big five personality traits (The Mini IPIP) and Negative Attitudes to Robots Scale (NARS). Participants then viewed videos and images of robots performing common jobs (i.e., warehouse technician, IED detection), and then rated these robots via an assessment instrument scaling anthropomorphism. A significant positive relationship between extroversion and the tendency toward anthropomorphization of the robots was found. A Bayesian regression analysis was performed, which indicated the strength of extroversion as a predictor of the tendency to anthropomorphize. We conclude that personality dimensions influence how an individual views the robot that they interact with. These findings are important, as the relationship between personality and the tendency to anthropomorphize robots is likely to influence the acceptance and use of robots.
人格变量在个体与周围世界的关系中起着重要作用，包括他们如何看待同龄人。现在，这样的同龄人包括机器实体，如机器人。本研究在实验环境中考察了外向性人格特质与将机器人视为具有人类特征的倾向之间的关系。为了评估这种关系，486名参与者被要求完成大五人格特质测量（The Mini IPIP）和机器人消极态度量表（NARS）。参与者随后观看了机器人执行常见工作（即仓库技术员、简易爆炸装置检测）的视频和图像，然后通过一种评估拟人化程度的工具对这些机器人进行评分。研究发现外向性与机器人拟人化倾向之间存在显著的正相关关系。进行了贝叶斯回归分析，结果表明外向性作为拟人化倾向预测指标的强度。我们得出结论，人格维度会影响个体如何看待他们与之交互的机器人。这些发现很重要，因为人格与机器人拟人化倾向之间的关系可能会影响机器人的接受度和使用情况。
