Do the number of robots and the participant's gender influence conformity effect from multiple robots?. (18th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shiomi, Masahiro; Hagita, Norihiro
• Is Part Of: Advanced robotics. Volume 33:Number 15/16(2019)
• Page Start: 756
• Page End: 763
• Publication Date: 2019-08-18
• Subjects: Human–robot interaction -- conformity effect; Robotics -- Periodicals; Robotics -- Japan -- Periodicals; Robotics; Japan; Periodicals; 629.89205
• DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2019.1617781
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-1864

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The conformity effect is a critical social phenomenon through which one individual or a particular group influences the thoughts, feelings, or behaviors of another person or group. We focused on two essential factors that influence the power of the conformity effect: the number of people and gender. In this paper, we investigated whether conformity effects have changed due to the number of robots and the gender of the participants. We experimentally compared conformity effects by considering these two factors while participants answered questions after listening to incorrect answers from two, four, or six robots. The experimental results showed that the conformity ratio with the six robots is significantly larger than the two/four robots, and the conformity effect for female participants is stronger than male participants, similar to human-human conformity effects. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: UF0001