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2018
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(2018): Supplemental Material for Unethical and Inept?. The Influence of Moral Information on Perceptions of Competence. In: Journal of personality and social psychology, S. 195-210. DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000097.supp
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000097.supp Abstract: While moral character heavily influences global evaluations of others (Goodwin, Piazza, & Rozin, 2014), its causal effect on perceptions of others’ competence (i.e., one’s knowledge, skills, and abilities) is less clear. We found that people readily use information about another’s morality when judging their competence, despite holding folk intuitions that these domains are independent. Across 6 studies (n = 1,567), including 2 preregistered experiments, participants judged targets who committed hypothetical transgressions (Studies 1 and 3), cheated on lab tasks (Study 2), acted selfishly in economic games (Study 4), and received low morality ratings from coworkers (Study 5 and 6) as less competent than control or moral targets. These findings were specific to morality and were not the result of incidentally manipulating impressions of warmth (Study 4), nor were they fully explained by a general halo effect (Studies 2 and 3). We hypothesized that immoral targets are seen as less competent because their immoral actions led them to be viewed as low in social intelligence. Studies 4 and 5 supported this prediction, demonstrating that social intelligence was a more reliable mediator than perceptions of self-control or general intelligence. An experimental test of this mediation argument found that presenting targets as highly socially intelligent eliminated the negative effect of immoral information on judgments of competence (Study 6). These results suggest that information about a person’s moral character readily influences perceptions of their competence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)
2017
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(2017) : Social intelligence in a multicultural world. What is it? Who needs it? How does it develop? In: Budwig, Nancy; Turiel, Elliot; Zelazo, Philip David; Budwig, Nancy (Ed); Turiel, Elliot (Ed); Zelazo, Philip David (Ed) (Hg.): New perspectives on human development: New York, NY, US: Cambridge University Press, S. 313-329
Abstract: This chapter discusses the development of social intelligence in a multicultural world. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
2016
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(2016): A descriptive analysis. The role of social intelligence in school leadership. ProQuest Information & Learning, US.
Abstract: Social intelligence plays a crucial role in workplace environments, especially for individuals in leadership positions. The ability to anticipate the responses of others while acting wisely and in a predictive manner is a vital component of this type of intelligence. Principals are in a certain type of leadership position which requires a high degree of social intelligence. This study examined applications of social intelligence and investigated the relationship between an assessment representing this concept and successful leadership traits. The researcher investigated successful campus ratings as associated with social intelligence scores of administrative personnel. The research questions included inquiry regarding the relationship between social intelligence and school success, the role of social intelligence in academic performance, and teacher perceptions regarding leadership characteristics and social skills. A survey was developed to collect data and information regarding background and leadership skills. These factors were examined and analyzed. The instrument applied in this study was a standardized measure of social intelligence. By using social intelligence, leaders may be chosen for positions that will impact education in a positive manner. Future research is planned to continue examination of social intelligence according to the data collected in this study and the predictive value of multiple factors in school success. Applications to higher education are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
2015
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(2015): Evaluating the engagement with social robots. In: International Journal of Social Robotics 7 (4), S. 465-478. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-015-0298-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-015-0298-7 Abstract: To interact and cooperate with humans in their daily-life activities, robots should exhibit human-like 'intelligence'. This skill will substantially emerge from the interconnection of all the algorithms used to ensure cognitive and interaction capabilities. While new robotics technologies allow us to extend such abilities, their evaluation for social interaction is still challenging. The quality of a human–robot interaction can not be reduced to the evaluation of the employed algorithms: we should integrate the engagement information that naturally arises during interaction in response to the robot’s behaviors. In this paper we want to show a practical approach to evaluate the engagement aroused during interactions between humans and social robots. We will introduce a set of metrics useful in direct, face to face scenarios, based on the behaviors analysis of the human partners. We will show how such metrics are useful to assess how the robot is perceived by humans and how this perception changes according to the behaviors shown by the social robot. We discuss experimental results obtained in two human-interaction studies, with the robots Nao and iCub respectively. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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(2015): Soziales Verständnis. Theoretische Grundlagen, Konstruktion und Validierung zweier Testaufgaben zum Kernkonstrukt der sozialen Intelligenz. punkt um FILM, Magdeburg.
Abstract: Zwei multimediabasierte Testaufgaben zur Messung von sozialem Verständnis im Rahmen des integrativen Modells der sozialen Intelligenz von S. Weis und H.-M. Süß werden entwickelt und ihre Konstrukt- und Kriteriumsvalidität wird überprüft. Zudem wurde die Abhängigkeit der Befunde von den angewandten Scoring-Methoden betrachtet. Insgesamt wurden drei Studien durchgeführt. Im Fokus der ersten Untersuchung (N = 155) standen die psychometrischen Eigenschaften der beiden neukonstruierten Szenarien "Katrin" und "Daniel", ihre faktoranalytische Passung in den Untertest zum sozialen Verständnis des "Magdeburger Test zur Sozialen Intelligenz" (MTSI) sowie die Einbettung in das Netzwerk anderer Konstrukte. Auf der Grundlage einer Itemanalyse der Daten der ersten Studie wurden schwache Items aus den beiden Szenarien entfernt. Die psychometrischen Eigenschaften der gekürzten Versionen wurden in der zweiten Studie (N = 103) ermittelt. Zudem wurde untersucht, ob Selbstberichtsverfahren geeignet sind, soziales Verständnis akkurat zu erfassen und ob die Variable Geschlecht die Genauigkeit der Selbsteinschätzung moderiert. Hierzu wurde ein Selbstberichtsfragebogen zum sozialen Verständnis (SSV) entwickelt, der eng an die Anforderungen der Testaufgaben zum sozialen Verständnis des MTSI angelehnt wurde. Das Selbstberichtsinventar SSV wurde zusammen mit weiteren Selbstberichtsfragebogen vor der Bearbeitung der Szenarien vorgegeben. Nach der Bearbeitung der Neukonstruktionen wurden die Probanden gebeten, den SSV erneut zu beantworten. Aufgrund der Selbsterfahrung im Leistungstest sollte die Einschätzung der eigenen sozialen Fähigkeiten realistischer werden, sodass systematische Zusammenhänge zwischen den Szenarien und dem Selbstberichtsfragebogen zum sozialen Verständnis erwartet wurden. Ziel der dritten Untersuchung (N = 43) war eine erste Kriteriumsvalidierung der neuen Testaufgaben. Für die neuen Testaufgaben zum sozialen Verständnis des MTSI konnten gute psychometrische Eigenschaften und erste Hinweise auf Konstruktvalidität aufgezeigt werden. Zudem unterstützen die durchgeführten Untersuchungen die präferierte Verwendung von "Target Scoring" im Vergleich zu "Group Consensus Scoring".
Keywords: Empathie, Empathy, Humanwissenschaften, Intelligence, Intelligenz, Personality Scales & Inventories, Personality Traits & Processes, Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und Persönlichkeitsprozesse, Persönlichkeitstests, Role Taking, Rollenübernahme, Scoring (Testing), Social Perception, Soziale Intelligenz, Soziale Wahrnehmung, Test Validity, Testvalidität, Testwertvergabe, theory of mind -
(2015): The cue is the key. The relevance of cues and contextual information in the social understanding tasks of the Magdeburg Test of Social Intelligence. In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment 31 (1), S. 38-44. DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000204
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000204 Abstract: In contrast to former tests, the Magdeburg Test of Social Intelligence measures social understanding with a scenario approach. Each scenario is based on one real target person and includes both social cues and contextual information about this person in different realistic situations. The subjects' task is to understand the given social cues and to judge the target persons' cognitions, emotions, and relationships to other people. However, subjects can potentially use only contextual information instead of social cues or base their judgments equally on both. The present study was aimed at examining the relative contribution of social cues and contextual information. In an experiment (N = 126), the following conditions were manipulated: Participants were given (1) only social cues, (2) only contextual information, or (3) both components. Results showed that social cues played a more important role in this social understanding task than the contextual information.
Keywords: Contextual Associations, Cues, empirical examination, Hinweisreize, importance of social cues & contextual information, Intelligence, Intelligenz, Kontextgebundene Assoziationen, Magdeburg Test of Social Intelligence (MTSI-2), MTSI, only social cues vs only contextual information vs social cues plus contextual information, Personality Measures, Personality Scales & Inventories, Persönlichkeitstests, scenario approach during testing, Social Behavior, social psychology, Soziale Intelligenz, soziales Verhalten, Sozialpsychologie, Test Construction, Testkonstruktion, Tests & Testing, Tests und Testen -
(2015): Measuring social complexity. In: Animal Behaviour 103, S. 203-209. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.018 Abstract: In one of the first formulations of the social complexity hypothesis, Humphrey (1976, page 316, Growing Points in Ethology, Cambridge University Press) predicts ‘that there should be a positive correlation across species between social complexity and individual intelligence’. However, in the many ensuing tests of the hypothesis, surprisingly little consideration has been given to measures of the independent variable in this evolutionary relationship, that is, social complexity. Here, we seek to encourage more rigorous measures of social complexity. We first review previous definitions of this variable and point to two common flaws; a lack of objectivity and a failure to directly connect sociality to the use of cognition. We argue that, rather than creating circularity, including cognition in the definition of social complexity is necessary for accurately testing the social complexity hypothesis. We propose a new definition of social complexity that is based on the number of differentiated relationships that individuals have. We then demonstrate that the definition is both broadly applicable and flexible, allowing researchers to include more detailed information about the degree of differentiation among individuals when the data are available. While we see this definition of social complexity as one possible way forward, our larger goal is to encourage researchers examining the social complexity hypothesis to carefully consider their measurement of social complexity.
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(2015): Intra and inter-individual differences in social intelligence of Portuguese students. In: Paidéia 25 (61), S. 153-161. DOI: 10.1590/1982-43272561201503
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272561201503 Abstract: Social intelligence is a favorable condition for career decision-making and development. The social intelligence indices of Portuguese students in school years prior to a career transition are characterized and intra and interindividual differences are analyzed. Participants were 1095 students (552, 50.4% women) with a mean age of 14.78 years (SD = 1.86), in the 8th (542, 49.5%), 10th (295, 26.9%) and 11th (258, 23.6%) grades. The Cognitive Test of Social Intelligence (PCIS) was administered at two moments, six months apart. Results indicate that the 8th grade obtained higher average scores in Problem Solving, Motivation and Self-confidence (time 1), while the 10th grade obtained better results in Problem Solving, Motivation and Familiarity (time 2). Between the assessment moments, all school years register an increase in Problem Solving and Self-confidence in social situations. These results constitute favorable psychological conditions for the promotion of ethical questioning in career guidance interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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(2015): Can we learn to treat one another better? A test of a social intelligence curriculum. In: PLoS one 10 (6)
Abstract: This paper reports on the first test of the value of an online curriculum in social intelligence (SI). Built from current social and cognitive neuroscience research findings, the 50 session SI program was administered, with facilitation in Spanish by classroom instructors, to 207 students from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid as part of their undergraduate classes. All materials were translated into Castilian Spanish, including outcome measures of SI that have been used in prior studies to provide valid estimates of two key components of social intelligence: 1) Sensitivity to others and 2) confidence in one’s capacity to manage social situations. Pre- and Posttest were administered to participants in the SI training, and also to 87 students in similar classes who did not receive the program who served as the control group. Gender and emotional intelligence levels at pretest also were examined as potential individual differences that might affect the impact of the program on study outcomes. Repeated measures ANOVAs on study outcomes revealed significant increases, from pre to post, in most measures of social intelligence for program participants in comparison to controls, with no effects of gender or age on program effectiveness. Prior scores on emotional intelligence were not a prerequisite for learning from the program. Some findings suggest ways the program may be improved to have stronger effects. Nonetheless, the findings indicate that the SI program tested here shows considerable promise as a means to increase the willingness of young adults to take the perspective of others and enhance their efficacy for initiating and sustaining positive social connections. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Adult, Analysis of Variance, College Students, Curriculum, Emotional Intelligence, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Interaktionsforschung, Lerntheorien, Male, online curriculum, positive social connections, Self Concept, Social intelligence, Social Skills, Soziale Intelligenz, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult 2014
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(2014): Profiling nonhuman intelligence. An exercise in developing unbiased tools for describing other “types” of intelligence on earth. In: Acta Astronautica 94 (2), S. 676-680. DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.08.007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.08.007 Abstract: Intelligence has historically been studied by comparing nonhuman cognitive and language abilities with human abilities. Primate-like species, which show human-like anatomy and share evolutionary lineage, have been the most studied. However, when comparing animals of non-primate origins our abilities to profile the potential for intelligence remains inadequate. Historically our measures for nonhuman intelligence have included a variety of tools: (1) physical measurements – brain to body ratio, brain structure/convolution/neural density, presence of artifacts and physical tools, (2) observational and sensory measurements – sensory signals, complexity of signals, cross-modal abilities, social complexity, (3) data mining – information theory, signal/noise, pattern recognition, (4) experimentation – memory, cognition, language comprehension/use, theory of mind, (5) direct interfaces – one way and two way interfaces with primates, dolphins, birds and (6) accidental interactions – human/animal symbiosis, cross-species enculturation. Because humans tend to focus on “human-like” attributes and measures and scientists are often unwilling to consider other “types” of intelligence that may not be human equated, our abilities to profile “types” of intelligence that differ on a variety of scales is weak. Just as biologists stretch their definitions of life to look at extremophiles in unusual conditions, so must we stretch our descriptions of types of minds and begin profiling, rather than equating, other life forms we may encounter. COMPLEX (COmplexity of Markers for Profiling Life in EXobiology) offers a new approach to profile a variety of organisms along multiple dimensions including EQ – Encephalization Quotient, CS – Communication Signal complexity, IC – Individual Complexity, SC – Social Complexity and II – Interspecies Interaction. Because Earth species are found along a variety of continuums, defining an intelligence profile along these different trajectories rather than comparing them only to human intelligence, may give us insight into a potential tool for quickly assessing unknown species. The application of profiling nonhuman species, out of world, will be both observational and potentially interactive in some way. Using profiles and indicators gleaned from Earth species to help us develop profiles and using pattern recognition, modeling and other data mining techniques could help jump start our understanding of other organisms and their potential for certain “types” of intelligence.
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(2014): Investigating social competence in students with high intelligence. ProQuest Information & Learning, US.
Abstract: Social competence is vital for healthy development (Canto-Sperber & Dupuy, 2001; Spence, Barrett & Tuner, 2003). Beginning in childhood and heavily influenced by culture, social competence develops as we combine personal and environmental resources for positive social outcomes and includes the absence of negative behaviors alongside the presence of positive behaviors (Bierman & Welsh, 2008; Davidson, 2001). Social competence is particularly demonstrated through our verbal and nonverbal communication skills with others: categorized as pragmatic language. Often introduced in kindergarten, these skills include how to greet others, take turns, make requests, interpret cues and respond appropriately to others. Intellectual functioning has a role in social competence. While individuals may have the capacity to use long complex sentences with correct grammar, if they have not mastered the rules for social language their ability to communicate may be impaired. Most studies of the psychological characteristics of students with high intelligence have not demonstrated clinical symptoms beyond those of the general population, yet the absence of significant differences in clinical symptoms are often equated to having social competence (Lehman & Erdwins, 1985; Neihart, Reis, Robinson, & Moon, 2002; Rimm, 1995; Robinson, Lanzi, Weinberg, Ramey, & Ramey, 2002; Rose-Krasner, 2006). While the connection between communication skills and social competence is known for the general population and for students with diagnosed social difficulties, little is known about either the social competence of students with high intelligence, or the role pragmatic language skills have in their observed social competence (Merrell, Merz, Johnson, & Ring, 1992). This study replicates earlier research by affirming a negative relationship between high intelligence and psychopathology and poor social competence, yet goes beyond mere quantification of these characteristics to investigate the presence of underlying social language skills and association between pragmatic language and social competence. Multisource indices of social competence, clinical pathology and pragmatic language were gathered on a sample of 79 children, aged 7–10 years with intelligence quotient scores above 130 (FSIQ ≥ 130). Parents report lower incidence of clinically defined internalizing, externalizing and total problems for these students when compared to the general population. While students’ scores on the measure of pragmatic language did not predict their scores on the measure of social competence, they did demonstrate less frequency of clinical scores on pragmatic language than the general population and teachers report them as being more adjusted to school. This study contributes significantly to the literature by providing objective evidence of psychopathology, social competence and pragmatic language for a quantifiable sample of students with high intelligence. Methodological considerations are discussed, as are implications for further research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: clinical pathology, clinical scores, clinical symptoms, cognitive ability, communication skills, competence, correct grammar, diagnosed social difficulties, Entwicklungspsychologie, environmental resources, Gesundheit, healthy development, Intellectual functioning, Intelligence, intelligence quotient scores, Kommunikation, Language Disorders, language skills, lower incidence, Methodological considerations, Social intelligence, Social Skills, Soziale Intelligenz -
(2014): An auction behavior-based robotic architecture for service robotics. In: Intelligent Service Robotics 7 (3), S. 157-174. DOI: 10.1007/s11370-013-0141-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11370-013-0141-7 Abstract: Service robots have the potential of improving the quality of life and assist with people’s daily activities. Such robots must be capable of operating over long periods of time, performing multiple tasks, and scheduling them appropriately for execution. In addition, service robots must be capable of dealing with tasks whose goals may be in conflict with each other and would need to determine, dynamically, which task to pursue in such a case. Adding to the complexity of the problem is the fact that some task requests may have time constraints—deadlines by which the task has to be completed. Given the dynamic nature of the environment, the robots must make decisions on what tasks to pursue in situations where there could be incomplete or missing information. The robots should also be capable of accepting requests for new tasks or services at runtime, while possibly working on another task. In order to achieve these requirements, this paper presents the Auction Behavior-Based Robotic Architecture that brings the following contributions: (1) it uses an auction mechanism to determine the relevance of a task to run at any given time, (2) it handles multiple user requests while dealing with potentially critical time constraints and incomplete information, (3) it enables long-term robot operation and (4) it allows for dynamic assignment of new tasks. The proposed system is validated on a physical robotic platform, the Segway RMP® and in simulation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
2013
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(2013): Social cognitive dynamics of popularity and indirect aggression. The role of social goals and social intelligence. ProQuest Information & Learning, US.
Abstract: This study investigated the social goals of adolescents and their use of indirect aggression. Additionally, it examined how gender, peer status (i.e. perceived popularity) and individual differences in social intelligence relate to adolescents' social goals and their use of indirect aggression. 109 seventh-graders completed a social goals measure and the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS; Silvera, Martinussen, & Dahl, 2001). Participants also completed a peer nomination assessment of popularity and indirect aggression. Results indicated reliable associations among social goals and peer-nominated indirect aggression. Gender, popularity, and social intelligence further moderated these associations. These findings suggest that the social goals of adolescents can be a motivating force to engage in hurtful behaviors and provide a framework from which peer relations researchers can improve peer relationships and be better equipped to intervene in indirect aggression. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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(2013): Development and validation of Social Intelligence Scale for university students. In: Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 28 (1), S. 65-83
Abstract: The present research was undertaken to develop and validate the social intelligence scale. Attributes of social intelligence were elicited from 35 university students. After empirical validation, 431 university students were asked to rate themselves on the 98 item on a 4-point scale. Factor analysis revealed five factors namely; Social Manipulation (SM), Social Facilitation (SF), Social Empathy (SE), Extroversion (E), and Social Adaptability (SA). SM and SA appeared to be the two ends of social skills judged to be negative and positive. SM comprising rather devious set of items used to exploit others for selfish ends. SA represented honest and sincere interaction with others resulting in mutual benefit. SF was positively related to SE and SA whereas SM was not. Extroversion correlated highly with all factors. Construct validity was established with the help of Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (Bar-On, 1997) and test retest reliability was also found to be satisfactory. The findings are discussed in terms of the factor structure and function of SI in the context of the culture. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
2011
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(2011): Preliminary validation of the construct of trait social intelligence. In: Personality and Individual Differences 50 (6), S. 874-877. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.029
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.029 Abstract: Trait social intelligence (trait SI or trait social self-efficacy) refers to a constellation of social self-perceptions located at the lower levels of personality hierarchies. We present results from two studies testing the validity of this construct, operationalized via the Trait Social Intelligence Questionnaire (TSIQue). From a pool of 130 individuals, 15 high and 15 low trait SI scorers were selected to participate in two laboratory studies. In Study 1, high trait SI participants were significantly more accurate than their low trait SI peers in identifying facial expressions presented on a computer screen; in Study 2, they were significantly more likely to judge some form of apology as appropriate, following a social transgression described in a short vignette. The results provide preliminary support for the validity of the construct of trait SI and of the TSIQue as its operationalization vehicle. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
2010
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(2010): The influence of social intelligence on effective music teaching. In: Journal of Research in Music Education 58 (3), S. 276-293. DOI: 10.1177/0022429410378368
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022429410378368 Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of social intelligence on effective music teaching. Forty teachers from 'exemplary programs' and 'more challenging programs' across band, chorus, orchestra, and general public school music programs were administered the Interpersonal Perception Task—15 (IPT-15). In addition, 84 external evaluators viewed teaching excerpts of 12 'exemplary' and 'challenged' teachers and rated the (a) overall effectiveness and (b) main attribute that influenced their evaluations of each teaching excerpt. Results indicated no significant differences between the IPT-15 scores of 'exemplary' teachers and 'challenged' teachers. The external evaluators rated teachers identified as 'exemplary' significantly higher than they rated teachers labeled as 'challenged.' The majority of attributes influencing external evaluators’ ratings of overall teacher effectiveness were social, constituting more than 85% of all responses. All teachers who demonstrated effective social skills were perceived as effective teachers. Effective communication skills were the most frequently cited attributes for 'exemplary' teachers, whereas ineffective classroom management was the most listed attribute for why teachers were rated ineffective. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
2009
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(2009): Looking forward to sociable robots. In: International Journal of Social Robotics 1 (3), S. 249-260. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-009-0021-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-009-0021-7 Abstract: This work examines humanoid social robots in Japan and the North America with a view to comparing and contrasting the projects cross culturally. In North America, I look at the work of Cynthia Breazeal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her sociable robot project: Kismet. In Japan, at the Osaka University, I consider the project of Hiroshi Ishiguro: Repliée-Q2. I first distinguish between utilitarian and affective social robots. Then, drawing on published works of Breazeal and Ishiguro I examine the proposed vision of each project. Next, I examine specific characteristics (embodied and social intelligence, morphology and aesthetics, and moral equivalence) of Kismet and Repliee with a view to comparing the underlying concepts associated with each. These features are in turn connected to the societal preconditions of robots generally. Specifically, the role that history of robots, theology/spirituality, and popular culture plays in the reception and attitude toward robots is considered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Aesthetics, Cross Cultural Differences, embodied intelligence, humanoid sociable robots, Intelligence, Kulturforschung/ kulturelle Unterschiede, Künstliche Intelligenz, Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion, Mensch-Technik-Relation, moral equivalence, Morality, morphology, Robotics, Social intelligence, social interaction, Soziale Intelligenz 2008
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(2008): Cross-cultural social intelligence. An assessment for employees working in cross-national contexts. In: Cross Cultural Management 15 (2), S. 109-130. DOI: 10.1108/13527600810870570
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600810870570 Abstract: Purpose: The aim of the paper is to discuss the concept of cross-cultural social intelligence (CCSI), its relevance for both selecting and developing expatriates and other employees working in cross-cultural contexts, the development of a situational judgment test to assess CCSI, and practical 'lessons learned' in each of these areas. Design/methodology/approach: The four phases of the development and validation of the CCSI measure (using a total of 184 cross-cultural SMEs) were developing the scenarios and the response alternatives, the content analysis, and establishing construct validity. Findings: The results from the content analysis and construct validation provide support for the use of the CCSI in cross-cultural situations. Research limitations/implications: The CCSI has not yet been validated in a criterion-related way (i.e. based on relations to job performance). This should be done before using for selection. Practical implications: Possible uses for the CCSI in organisations include selection and/or promotion of expatriates and other employees in cross-cultural contexts and several types of training and development initiatives. This instrument is offered (free of charge) to any interested managers or HR practitioners. Originality/value: Despite the expressed need for instruments of this sort, nothing similar currently exists (especially not a theoretically grounded and empirically sound instrument). In addition, the 'lessons learned' provide practical advice to others engaged in similar undertakings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
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(2008) : Emotional and social intelligence competencies In: Ashkanasy, Neal M.; Cooper, Cary L.; Ashkanasy, Neal M. (Ed); Cooper, Cary L. (Ed) (Hg.): Research companion to emotion in organizations: Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar Publishing, S. 226-244
Abstract: Human talent has many components from values to traits to skills. These elements are conceptualized, defined, and measured in many ways. Often attributed to a statement by Edward Thorndike in the 1920s, efforts to explore deep capability have been linked to various forms of 'intelligence' beyond cognitive. In contrast to the cognitive realm, these alternatives are using the term 'intelligence' to connote a core or basic capability of the individual as it applies to various aspects of human comportment. Emotional and social intelligence competencies are a behavioral manifestation of two of these sets of abilities. Research published over the last 30 years or so shows us that outstanding leaders, managers, advanced professionals and people in key jobs, from sales to bank tellers, appear to require three clusters of behavioral habits as threshold abilities and three clusters of competencies as distinguishing outstanding performance. The threshold clusters of competencies include: expertise and experience is a threshold level of competency; knowledge (i.e., declarative, procedural, functional and metacognitive) is a threshold competency; and an assortment of basic cognitive competencies, such as memory and deductive reasoning are threshold competencies. This chapter is an exploration of the competency, or behavioral approach to emotional and social intelligence. Let us first start with how they are defined, determined and measured. Are competencies enough for outstanding performance? No, so let us look at the larger picture for the role of competencies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: behavioral approach, cognitive competencies, competence, competencies, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionsforschung, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Intelligence, Kognitionswissenschaften, Organizational behavior, Social intelligence, Soziale Intelligenz, Sozialpsychologie, Verhaltensforschung -
(2008) : Neue Wege zur leistungsbasierten Erfassung sozialer Intelligenz und erste Befunde In: Sarges, Werner; Scheffer, David (Hg.): Innovative Ansätze für die Eignungsdiagnostik: Göttingen: Hogrefe, S. 129-143
Abstract: Es wird informiert über die Entwicklung und Validierung des "Magdeburger Tests zur Sozialen Intelligenz" (SIM). Zunächst werden Überlegungen zur Bedeutung sozialer Kompetenzen in der Eignungsdiagnostik angestellt und terminologische Aspekte geklärt. Außerdem werden einige grundlegende methodische Probleme bei der Messung sozialer Intelligenz einschließlich möglicher Lösungen beschrieben: fehlender Theoriebezug; unsystematische Verwendung von Messkonzepten und Aufgabeninhalten; fehlender Realitätsbezug; dekontextualisierte Stimuli. Im SIM wird soziales Verständnis durch Szenarien erfasst. In Aufgaben zum sozialen Gedächtnis werden Probanden in limitierter Darbietungszeit mit sozialen Stimuli konfrontiert, deren Details sie anschließend korrekt erinnern sollen. Bei den Aufgaben zur sozialen Wahrnehmung werden Zielreize präsentiert, auf die die Probanden im anschließend gezeigten Aufgabenmaterial so schnell wie möglich reagieren sollen. Ein Validierung wurde an einer Stichprobe von 126 Studierenden vorgenommen. Strukturbefunde und Befunde zu den Außenbezügen sozialer Intelligenz werden mitgeteilt. Es wird betont, dass es mit den bisherigen Arbeiten gelungen ist, das facettentheoretisch konzipierte Modell der sozialen Intelligenz zu operationalisieren, leistungsbasiert reliabel zu erfassen und einige Aspekte der Konstruktvalidität nach innen (Binnenstruktur) und nach außen (Abgrenzung von der akademischen Intelligenz und allgemeinen auditiven Fähigkeiten) zu belegen.
Keywords: Berufs- und arbeitspsychologische Tests, Comprehension, development & validation of Magdeburger Test zur Sozialen Intelligenz (SIM), Eignungsdiagnostik, Eignungstests, facet theory concept of social intelligence & construct validity & discriminative validity, Aptitude Measures, Gedächtnis, Intelligence, Intelligenz, MEMORY, Occupational & Employment Testing, performance-based test for assessment of social intelligence, Personality Measures, Personality Scales & Inventories, Persönlichkeitstests, Social Perception, Social Skills, Soziale Fertigkeiten, Soziale Intelligenz, Soziale Wahrnehmung, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testkonstruktion, Testreliabilität, Testvalidität, Verständnis -
(2008): Theory and measurement of social intelligence as a cognitive performance construct.
Abstract: Examined social intelligence as a construct within the nomological network of existing human-ability constructs. Social intelligence is first discussed within a structural performance model that distinguishes between social understanding, social memory, social perception, and social creativity as the cognitive ability domains. This model also includes a hierarchal assumption in terms of a higher-order social-intelligence factor, and taxonomic considerations are applied that identify additional classificatory principles in definitions of social intelligence. Then, the development of a test battery to assess social intelligence in the operational ability domains (social understanding, social memory, and social perception) is presented. The multitrait-multimethod design included written and spoken language, pictures, and videos, and all tasks were systematically varied in terms of setting as well as number of people involved in situations. Thereafter, 2 empirical studies are presented that were conducted with 126 university students (mean age 21 years) and 182 adults (mean age 28 years), respectively. In both studies, participants completed the test battery of social intelligence, as well as German versions of the Berlin Intelligence Structure Test (BIS-Test), NEO-FFI, a simple reaction time task, a mouse speed task, Readspeed, the Social Behavior Questionnaire (FBS), and a biographical questionnaire. In addition, the participants in Study 2 completed a long-term memory task, an exhaustion questionnaire, the German version of the Social Emotional Intelligence Scale, an empathy questionnaire, the altruism scale of the German version of the FPI-R, and a depression questionnaire. The purpose of the studies was to examine the psychometric properties of social intelligence tasks and to examine construct validity of social intelligence. Results showed sufficient reliability, and a two-factor structural model of social intelligence was confirmed with correlated factors of social understanding and memory. No higher-order general social-intelligence factor was supported in Study 2. Social-intelligence factors were discernible from academic intelligence, whereas the social-memory factor correlated with BIS memory scores. Few gender effects were observed in both studies in favor of women. The results are discussed in regards to their consequences for the social-intelligence construct and the test approach as well as the underlying taxonomic considerations. Finally, considerations about test modifications and extensions are addressed.
Keywords: Academic Aptitude, BIS-TEST & NEO-FFI, cognitive ability, construct validity, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionale Intelligenz, Fähigkeit (Schule und Hochschule), Fragebögen, Intelligence, Intelligenz, Kognitive Fähigkeiten, Measurement, Messung, Modelle, MODELS, multitrait-multimethod, Personality Scales & Inventories, Personality Traits & Processes, Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und Persönlichkeitsprozesse, Persönlichkeitstests, psychometrics, Psychometrie, Questionnaires, social creativity, Social intelligence, social memory, Social Perception, Social Skills, social understanding, Soziale Fertigkeiten, Soziale Intelligenz, Soziale Wahrnehmung, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Testreliabilität, Testvalidität 2007
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(2007): An engineering approach to sociable robots. In: Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 19 (4), S. 285-306. DOI: 10.1080/09528130701208174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09528130701208174 Abstract: Robotics researchers and cognitive scientists are becoming more and more interested in so-called sociable robots. These machines normally have expressive power (facial features, voice,...) as well as abilities for locating, paying attention to, and addressing people. The design objective is to make robots which are able to sustain natural interactions with people. This capacity falls within the range classed as social intelligence in humans. This position paper argues that the reproduction of social intelligence, as opposed to other types of human ability, may lead to fragile performance, in the sense that tested cases may produce rather different performances to future (untested) cases and situations. This limitation stems from the fact that our social abilities, which appear early in life, are mainly unconscious in origin. This is in contrast with other human abilities that we carry out using conscious effort, and for which we can easily conceive algorithms and representations. This novel perspective is deemed useful for defining the obstacles and limitations of a field that is generating increasing interest. Taking into account the mentioned issues, a development approach suited to the problem is proposed. The use of this approach is demonstrated in the development of CASIMIRO, a robotic head with basic interaction abilities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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(2007): Reviving the search for social intelligence - A multitrait-multimethod study of its structure and construct validity. In: Personality and Individual Differences 42 (1), S. 3-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.027
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.04.027 Abstract: Investigated the multidimensionality of social intelligence and the differences between this concept and the concept of academic intelligence. A total of 118 high school and 1st-year psychology students aged 17 to 33 years completed the following measures: the Chapin Social Insight Test (SIT), the Social Translation Subtest (ST), a subtest of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT-Faces), the Interpersonal Perception Task-15 (IPT-15), the Tacit Knowledge Inventory for managers (TKIM), and the Berlin Intelligence Structure Test (BIS). Additionally, social memory was tested verbally, pictorially, and video-based. Results support the suggested factor structure of social intelligence, and quite low correlations between social and academic intelligence tests are found, except for the social memory tests. It is concluded that the design of the postulated social intelligence model holds true, and that social and academic intelligence present 2 separate constructs.
Keywords: Academic Aptitude, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionale Intelligenz, Fähigkeit (Schule und Hochschule), Intelligence, Intelligenz, Modelle, MODELS, multidimensionality of social intelligence & definition of academic intelligence, numerous tests on social memory & knowledge & understanding & academic intelligence, Personality Traits & Processes, Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und Persönlichkeitsprozesse, science direct, Social Skills, Soziale Fertigkeiten, Soziale Intelligenz, Theorien, Theories 2006
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(2006) : Soziale und emotionale Intelligenz. Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede In: Schulze, Ralf; Freund, Alexander; Roberts, Richard D. (Hg.): Emotionale Intelligenz. Ein internationales Handbuch: Göttingen: Hogrefe, S. 101-115
Abstract: Um ein einheitliches Verständnis von emotionaler und sozialer Intelligenz zu erleichtern und kollaborative Forschung in diesen Bereichen voranzutreiben, werden historische Entwicklungen und empirische Befunde zum Thema soziale und emotionale Intelligenz vorgelegt. Der Überblick konzentriert sich in erster Linie auf eine klare Konzeptualisierung der Konstrukte sowie auf Fragen nach testtheoretischen Gütekriterien wie interne Konsistenz und Kriteriumsvalidität. In den Vergleich von emotionaler und sozialer Intelligenz werden auch Komponenten akademischer Intelligenz mit einbezogen. Des Weiteren liegt der Fokus auf Problemen bei der Interpretation von Forschungsergebnissen, welche durch das Fehlen theoretischer Kohärenz in den zugrundeliegenden empirischen Untersuchungen verursacht wurden. Es wird geschlussfolgert, dass soziale und emotionale Intelligenz sich überschneiden, multidimensional und voneinander abhängig sind. Zukünftige Forschung sollte sich auf folgende Themen konzentrieren: Übernahme von sinnvollen Begriffsunterscheidungen, wie sie aus der Literatur zu akademischer Intelligenz bekannt sind (zum Beispiel fluide vs. kristalline Intelligenz), Differenzierung von Komponenten beider Konstrukte (zum Beispiel Relation und Relevanz von Wissen über sich selbst und Wissen über andere) und weitere Entwicklung von - auch neuartigen - Verfahren.
Keywords: Begriffe, Concepts, conceptualizations & measurement & fluid intelligence vs crystallized intelligence & knowledge about oneself vs others, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionale Intelligenz, Emotionsforschung, Intelligence, Intelligenz, Measurement, Messung, Personality Traits & Processes, Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und Persönlichkeitsprozesse, Psychological Theories, Psychologische Theorien, Review, similarities & differences of social intelligence & emotional intelligence, Soziale Intelligenz -
(2006): Autonomous interactive intermediaries. Social intelligence for mobile communication agents. ProQuest Information & Learning, US.
Abstract: Today's cellphones are passive communication portals. They are neither aware of our conversational settings, nor of the relationship between caller and callee, and often interrupt us at inappropriate times. This thesis is about adding elements of human style social intelligence to our mobile communication devices in order to make them more socially acceptable to both user and local others. I suggest the concept of an Autonomous Interactive Intermediary that assumes the role of an actively mediating party between caller, callee, and co-located people. In order to behave in a socially appropriate way, the Intermediary interrupts with non-verbal cues and attempts to harvest 'residual social intelligence' from the calling party, the called person, the people close by, and its current location. For example, the Intermediary obtains the user's conversational status from a decentralized network of autonomous body-worn sensor nodes. These nodes detect conversational groupings in real time, and provide the Intermediary with the user's conversation size and talk-to-listen ratio. The Intermediary can 'poll' all participants of a face-to-face conversation about the appropriateness of a possible interruption by slightly vibrating their wirelessly actuated finger rings. Although the alerted people do not know if it is their own cellphone that is about to interrupt, each of them can veto the interruption anonymously by touching his/her ring. If no one vetoes, the Intermediary may interrupt. A user study showed significantly more vetoes during a collaborative group-focused setting than during a less group oriented setting. The Intermediary is implemented as a both a conversational agent and an animatronic device. The animatronics is a small wireless robotic stuffed animal in the form of a squirrel, bunny, or parrot. The purpose of the embodiment is to employ intuitive non-verbal cues such as gaze and gestures to attract attention, instead of ringing or vibration. Evidence suggests that such subtle yet public alerting by animatronics evokes significantly different reactions than ordinary telephones and are seen as less invasive by others present when we receive phone calls. The Intermediary is also a dual conversational agent that can whisper and listen to the user, and converse with a caller, mediating between them in real time. The Intermediary modifies its conversational script depending on caller identity, caller and user choices, and the conversational status of the user. It interrupts and communicates with the user when it is socially appropriate, and may break down a synchronous phone call into chunks of voice instant messages. (Copies available exclusively from MIT Libraries, Rm. 14-0551, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. Ph. 617-253-5668; Fax 617-253-1690.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)