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2017
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(2017): Fear of autonomous robots and artificial intelligence: Evidence from national representative data with probability sampling. In: International Journal of Social Robotics 9 (3), S. 379-384. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-017-0401-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-017-0401-3 Abstract: People vary in the extent to which they report fear toward robots, especially when they perceive that the robot is autonomous or has artificial intelligence. This research examines a specific form of sociological fear, which we name as fear of autonomous robots and artificial intelligence (FARAI). This fear may serve to affect how people will respond to and interact with robots. Applying data from a nationally representative dataset with probability sampling (N = 1541), research questions examine (1) the extent and frequency of FARAI, (2) demographic and media exposure predictors, and (3) correlates with other types of fear (i.e., loneliness, drones, and unemployment). A latent class analysis reveals that approximately 26% of participants reported experiencing a heightened level of FARAI. Demographic analyses show that FARAI is connected to participant sex, age, education, and household income; albeit these effects were small. Media exposure to science fiction predicts FARAI above and beyond the demographic variables. Correlational results indicate that FARAI is associated with other types of fear, including loneliness, becoming unemployed, and drone use. In sum, these findings render a much needed glimpse and update regarding how much individuals fear robots and artificial intelligence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
2016
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Absher, John R.; Cloutier, Jasmin (Hg.) (2016): Neuroimaging personality, social cognition, and character. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800935-2.00012-9 Abstract: Learning new, and regulating existing, emotional responses are two intimately connected survival functions that enable us to flexibly adapt in a constantly changing world. Basic and clinical research has long documented the behavioral effects of these functions in humans and other animals. Here, we survey recent developments in the research on the transmission of emotionally relevant information. In particular, we discuss experiments using behavioral and neurobiological methods to examine how fear and safety information is transmitted between individuals through observation. We discuss how these findings can be understood in light of studies of empathy and mental state attributions and present a simple neurobiological model of emotional learning and regulation that is compatible with empirical evidence in psychology and neuroscience. We close by outlining a few outstanding challenges for future research on social learning and regulation.
2015
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(2015): Learning (by) Feeling. A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Socialization and Development of Emotions. In: Ethos 43 (2), S. 187-220. DOI: 10.1111/etho.12080
Abstract: Examined cross-cultural differences in socialization and development of feelings. Drawing on approaches from developmental psychology and cultural anthropology, it was analyzed how cultural models of emotion and their corresponding emotionally arousing child-rearing practices lead to culture-specific pathways of emotion development among the Bara (Madagascar) and the Tao (Taiwan). After introducing cultural models of ontogenesis and child rearing, phases of development, interaction patterns, and sanctioning practices are reflected and culture-specific pathways of emotional development are discussed. The focus is set especially on socializing emotions, which are defined in terms of their function to orient individuals toward cultural norms and values and to inculcate social conformity. Based on empirical data gathered in two long-term ethnographic field studies, evidence is provided that the Bara emphasize fear and the Tao anxiety as focal socializing emotions. zitiert von 15
2013
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(2013): The Effect of Priming Pictures and Videos on a Question–Answer Dialog Scenario in a Virtual Environment. In: Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 22 (2), S. 91-109. DOI: 10.1162/PRES_a_00143
Abstract: Having a free-speech conversation with avatars in a virtual environment can be desirable in virtual reality applications, such as virtual therapy and serious games. However, recognizing and processing free speech seems too ambitious to realize with the current technology. As an alternative, pre-scripted conversations with keyword detection can handle a number of goal-oriented situations, as well as some scenarios in which the conversation content is of secondary importance. This is, for example, the case in virtual exposure therapy for the treatment of people with social phobia, where conversation is for exposure and anxiety arousal only. A drawback of pre-scripted dialog is the limited scope of the user's answers. The system cannot handle a user's response that does not match the pre-defined content, other than by providing a default reply. A new method, which uses priming material to restrict the possibility of the user's response, is proposed in this paper to solve this problem. Two studies were conducted to investigate whether people can be guided to mention specific keywords with video and/or picture primings. Study 1 was a two-by-two experiment in which participants (n = 20) were asked to answer a number of open questions. Prior to the session, participants watched priming videos or unrelated videos. During the session, they could see priming pictures or unrelated pictures on a whiteboard behind the person who asked the questions. The results showed that participants tended to mention more keywords both with priming videos and pictures. Study 2 shared the same experimental setting but was carried out in virtual reality instead of in the real world. Participants (n = 20) were asked to answer questions of an avatar when they were exposed to priming material, before and/or during the conversation session. The same results were found: the surrounding media content had a guidance effect. Furthermore, when priming pictures appeared in the environment, people sometimes forgot to mention the content they typically would mention.
Keywords: ACROPHOBIA, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Beeinflussung sozial angemessenen Verhaltens, BEHAVIOR, DISORDERS therapy, FEAR, IN-VIVO, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), METAANALYSIS, Psychologie, PUBLIC-SPEAKING ANXIETY, REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY, Realtechnik, SOCIAL PHOBIA, Sonder-Intention beim Sprechen/Konversation, SPIDER PHOBIA, Sprachverarbeitung, Technik, technology in therapy, Therapeutische Zwecke, Triggern von angstauslösenden Begriffen, Video/picture priming 2010
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(2010) : What is moral courage? : Definition, explication, and classification of a complex construct In: Pury, Cynthia L. S.; Lopez, Shane J. (Hg.): The psychology of courage: Modern research on an ancient virtue: 1st ed.: Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association (Decade of behavior, 2000-2010), S. 149-164
Abstract: Examined the prosocial behavior of moral courage, also known as civil courage. In this overview, the authors attempt to highlight this construct by comparing it to other prosocial behaviors like helping behavior and heroism. The authors note that moral courage differs from other prosocial constructs in that negative social consequences can also accompany acts of moral courage. Research about classical determinants of helping behavior that do not affect moral courage and determinants that foster moral courageous behavior are included. Models for moral courage as well as scales to measure it are presented. Practical implementations, such as moral courage training workshops, are discussed. It is concluded that moral courage should be examined as an independent subtype of prosocial behavior and not be subsumed under prosocial behaviors such as helping behavior or heroism.
Keywords: Courage, FEAR, Heroes, Intention, Moral, Morality, social control, Social Norms, Sympathy, Terminology, Verhaltensforschung, Zivilcourage 2009
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(2009): Humor theory and the fear of being laughed at. In: Humor - International Journal of Humor Research 22 (1-2). DOI: 10.1515/HUMR.2009.003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/HUMR.2009.003 Abstract: Systematic empirical research into the extent to which individuals in different societies fear being laughed at is new and has implications for humor theory. Humor theorists such as Hobbes and Bergson implicitly assume that such fears were generally at a high level and both Hobbes' superiority theory of laughter and Bergson's view of it as a social corrective depend on this assumption. They purport to be general theories but are in fact the product of the particular societies in which those philosophers' lived and whose mores they took for granted. However, we can use their work to generate hypotheses that can in the future be tested against the comparative empirical data now being produced. In particular we should pay attention is the social variables of shame, face, etiquette and embarrassment on the one hand, and hierarchy, status divisions and power on the other, as probably having explanatory power. aus psycINFO 2009-05381-003 accession number
Keywords: Bergson, embarrassment, Etiquette, FEAR, Hobbes, humor, humor theory, laughter, POWER, Shame, status division, Umgangsformen
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