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This research aims to understand how young children discern trustworthy information from social robots versus inanimate objects based on perceived accuracy and agency.

May 28, 2020Developmental Psychology

Robot teachers for children? Young children trust robots depending on their perceived accuracy and agency.

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This research aims to understand how young children discern trustworthy information from social robots versus inanimate objects based on perceived accuracy and agency.
Two studies involving 104 3-year-olds assessing trust in social robots and inanimate machines
Children learned the names of novel objects from either accurate or inaccurate informants
Comparison of learning outcomes based on perceived agency of the robots
Children trusted accurate social robots over inaccurate ones, similar to trust shown in human informants
Trust increased when robots were perceived to have psychological agency
Children did not show selective learning from inanimate but accurate machines

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Randomized trial examines how young children trust robots based on accuracy and psychological agency, highlighting their reliance on technology for learning.

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Brink et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a193cd45d70402e70d93983 https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000884

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Randomized trial examines how young children trust robots based on accuracy and psychological agency, highlighting their reliance on technology for learning.

Robot teachers for children? Young children trust robots depending on their perceived accuracy and agency.

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Robot teachers for children? Young children trust robots depending on their perceived accuracy and agency.

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