A robot is watching me!: Five‐year‐old children care about their reputation after interaction with a social robot.

SOCIAL robots; REPUTATION; CHILDREN; HUMAN-robot interaction; SHARING; JAPANESE people

Since robots are becoming involved in children's lives, it is urgent to determine how children perceive robots. The present study assessed whether Japanese 5‐year‐olds care about their reputation when interacting with a social robot. Children were given stickers and asked to divide them between themselves and an absent recipient. Results revealed that children (N = 112, 55 boys, 57 girls) strategically shared more stickers when being watched by a social interactive robot than by an attentional but non‐interactive robot or a still robot. Additionally, children (N = 36, 18 boys, 18 girls) attributed higher psychological properties to social robots. This study is the first to show that 5‐year‐olds care about their reputations from social robots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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