Social categorization of social robots: Anthropomorphism as a function of robot group membership

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 724-731

  Eyssel, Friederike ^a   Kuchenbrandt, Dieta ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHARACTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CHARACTER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUP STRUCTURE; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MALE; NAMES; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870705947     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: 20448309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8309.2011.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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