Abstract This study explores children’s perception of social robots as a source of information across different domains of knowledge. Three- to 6-year-old children (N = 80) chose between a robot and either a cartoon character or an adult to learn new information in five different domains. Regardless of the opponent, children preferred to ask questions to the robot most about machines, and least about biology and psychology. In all domains, children’s judgments of robots as animate beings affected their preferences. Specifically, the more perceptual abilities children attributed to robots, the more they were likely to choose the robot over the adult to learn new information. Our findings suggest that children’s perception of social robots as knowledgeable informants depends on the subject and their animacy attribution to robots.

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儿童将社交机器人视为跨不同知识领域的信息来源的看法

摘要 本研究探讨了儿童对社交机器人作为跨不同知识领域的信息来源的看法。3 至 6 岁的儿童（N = 80）在机器人和卡通人物或成人之间进行选择，以学习五个不同领域的新信息。不管对手是什么，孩子们更喜欢向机器人提问关于机器的问题，而不是关于生物学和心理学的问题。在所有领域，儿童对机器人作为有生命的生物的判断都会影响他们的偏好。具体来说，儿童对机器人的感知能力越强，他们就越有可能选择机器人而不是成年人来学习新信息。我们的研究结果表明，儿童将社交机器人视为知识渊博的线人的看法取决于主题及其对机器人的活泼性归因。