TY - GEN
T1 - Towards transferability of theories on prosocial behavior from Social Psychology to HRI
AU - Gonsior, Barbara
AU - Buß, Malte
AU - Sosnowski, Stefan
AU - Wollherr, Dirk
AU - Kuhnlenz, Kolja
AU - Buss, Martin
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper describes the transfer of theories on prosocial behavior from Social Psychology to human-robot interaction (HRI) in terms of helpfulness shown by humans towards a robot. Theoretical foundations are given, and relevant influence factors for prosocial behavior are defined. The paper provides an overview on how these factors can be transferred to HRI and are implemented in two experimental settings. In a first experiment, situational empathy towards a robot is increased. In a second experiment, similarity is induced by means of emotional adaption to the mood of the user. Results show that helpfulness towards a robot can be increased by this approach, thus, re-evaluating the transferability of theories from Social Psychology to HRI.
AB - This paper describes the transfer of theories on prosocial behavior from Social Psychology to human-robot interaction (HRI) in terms of helpfulness shown by humans towards a robot. Theoretical foundations are given, and relevant influence factors for prosocial behavior are defined. The paper provides an overview on how these factors can be transferred to HRI and are implemented in two experimental settings. In a first experiment, situational empathy towards a robot is increased. In a second experiment, similarity is induced by means of emotional adaption to the mood of the user. Results show that helpfulness towards a robot can be increased by this approach, thus, re-evaluating the transferability of theories from Social Psychology to HRI.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863676143&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ARSO.2012.6213407
DO - 10.1109/ARSO.2012.6213407
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863676143
SN - 9781467304825
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO
SP - 101
EP - 103
BT - 2012 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO 2012
Y2 - 21 May 2012 through 23 May 2012
ER -