Alle Publikationen
2008
-
(2008): Terms of abuse as expression and reinforcement of cultures. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS 32 (2), S. 174-185. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.02.001
Abstract: Investigated cross-cultural differences in the expression and perception of verbal abuse terms. Nearly 3,000 university students (mean age 22 years) from Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Croatia, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Norway, Greece, and the Netherlands were instructed to specify terms of abuse that they would employ in hypothetical social situations. Respondents also rated the offensiveness of each of the specified terms. A total of 12,000 abuse terms was thus obtained, which after analyzing for frequency, were reduced to 16 categories. Common to all national samples were terms that referred to genitals or sexual actions, mental abnormality, and impaired intelligence. In all countries, the use of abuse terms varied according to the gender of the target and actor in the hypothetical situations. Cross-cultural differences in the frequency of preferred abuse terms are explained in terms of variability between nations along the dimensions individualism, collectivism, masculinity-femininity, and virility. zitiert von 25
-
(2008): Entwicklung und erste Validierung zweier Instrumente zur Erfassung von Führungskräfte-Kategorisierung im deutschsprachigen Raum. In: Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O 52 (2), S. 70-80. DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089.52.2.70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089.52.2.70 Abstract: The cognitive psychological approach of leader categorization suggests that subordinates respond more positively to leaders when these fit their implicit expectations about leaders (i.e., their leader prototype). However, because cultural factors greatly affect leader prototypes, the mostly Anglo-American instruments are not suitable for research in German-speaking countries. We therefore present two newly developed instruments. To assess a leaders fit with a socially shared leader prototype in Germany, we reanalyzed the original German GLOBE data with respect to core German leadership attributes. To assess a leaders fit with peoples idiosyncratic leader prototypes, we developed a pictorial one-item measure. While the advantage of the first instrument lies in the interpretability of the fit profile, the advantage of the pictorial instrument is its efficient and culture-free measurement. In an organizational study (N = 104), convergent and criterion validity of both instruments were confirmed; however, the interpretability of the psychometric properties is limited due to the study design (cross-sectional with common source data). Necessary follow-up studies are thus outlined
-
(2008): Find Out How Much It Means to Me! The Importance of Interpersonal Respect in Work Values Compared to Perceived Organizational Practices. In: Journal of Business Ethics 89 (3). DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-0008-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-0008-6 Abstract: Two large online surveys were conducted among employees in Germany to explore the importance employees and organizations place on aspects of interpersonal respect in relation to other work values. The first study (n = 589) extracted a general ranking of work values, showing that employees rate issues of respect involving supervisors particularly high. The second study (n = 318) replicated the previous value ranking. Additionally, it is shown that the value priorities indicated by employees do not always match their perceptions of actual organizational practices. Particularly, interpersonal respect issues that involve employees’ supervisors diverge strongly negative. Consequences and potentials for change in organizations are discussed.
-
(2008): Workplace health interventions in small enterprises: A Swedish longitudinal study. In: Work (Reading, Mass.) 30 (4), S. 473-482
Abstract: This article has a two-fold approach. First, it investigates relationships between work organizational factors, and health and performance outcomes. Second, it compares two change strategy approaches in workplace health interventions by studying changes of these factors and outcomes. The sample consisted of ten Swedish small enterprises including 102 individuals, who answered a before and after questionnaire about organizational factors and outcomes. The leaders were interviewed and answered a questionnaire about performed workplace health interventions. Statistical methods used were reliability tests, correlation analyses and t-tests. Results indicate rather strong links between indicators of respectful leadership, creative work and team spirit, and the outcome indicators self-assessed health and judged workplace adaptability in association with customer satisfaction. The results concerning changes of determinants and outcomes (after workplace health interventions) showed significant differences between enterprises using a broad change strategy and those using an expert/problem-based strategy with the former having more favourable results. The leader interview results also point at obstacles concerning workplace change processes as lack of resources, insufficient competence and influence of external factors. The study results suggest that work organizational factors and integrated models for workplace health intervention are of importance for health and performance outcomes in small enterprises.
-
(2008): Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Multimedia. New York, NY: ACM. Online verfügbar unter http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1459359
-
(2008): Avoiding the uncanny valley. Robot appearance, personality and consistency of behavior in an attention-seeking home scenario for a robot companion. In: Autonomous Robots 24 (2), S. 159-178. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-007-9058-3
Abstract: This article presents the results of video-based Human Robot Interaction (HRI) trials which investigated people's perceptions of different robot appearances and associated attention-seeking features and behaviors displayed by robots with different appearance and behaviors. The HRI trials studied the participants' preferences for various features of robot appearance and behavior, as well as their personality attributions towards the robots compared to their own personalities. Overall, participants tended to prefer robots with more human-like appearance and attributes. However, systematic individual differences in the dynamic appearance ratings are not consistent with a universal effect. Introverts and participants with lower emotional stability tended to prefer the mechanical looking appearance to a greater degree than other participants. It is also shown that it is possible to rate individual elements of a particular robot's behavior and then assess the contribution, or otherwise, of that element to the overall perception of the robot by people. Relating participants' dynamic appearance ratings of individual robots to independent static appearance ratings provided evidence that could be taken to support a portion of the left hand side of Mori's theoretically proposed 'uncanny valley' diagram. Suggestions for future work are outlined.
Keywords: Anthropomorphisierung, Anthropomorphismus, Bevorzugt bei introvertierten, emotional instabilen Personen, degree of acquaintance, deutsche Community, Disziplin, Favoriten, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Interaktionspartner, Mechanik-betontes Roboterdesign, Mensch oder Maschine, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), Optik des Roboters/virtuellen Interaktionspartners, Philosophie, Realtechnik, Soziale Robotik, SV, Technik, Technikphilosophie, uncanny valley -
(2008): The politeness effect. Pedagogical agents and learning outcomes. In: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 66 (2), S. 98-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.09.003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.09.003 Abstract: Pedagogical agent research seeks to exploit Reeves and Nass's media equation theory, which holds that users respond to interactive media as if they were social actors. Investigations have tended to focus on the media used to realize the pedagogical agent, e.g., the use of animated talking heads and voices, and the results have been mixed. This paper focuses instead on the manner in which a pedagogical agent communicates with learners, i.e., on the extent to which it exhibits social intelligence. A model of socially intelligent tutorial dialog was developed based on politeness theory, and implemented in an agent interface within an online learning system called virtual factory teaching system. A series of Wizard-of-Oz studies was conducted in which subjects either received polite tutorial feedback that promotes learner face and mitigates face threat, or received direct feedback that disregards learner face. The polite version yielded better learning outcomes, and the effect was amplified in learners who expressed a preference for indirect feedback, who had less computer experience, and who lacked engineering backgrounds. These results confirm the hypothesis that learners tend to respond to pedagogical agents as social actors, and suggest that research should focus less on the media in which agents are realized, and place more emphasis on the agent's social intelligence.
-
(2008): Rudeness, conceptual blending theory and relational work. In: Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture 4 (2), S. 289-317. DOI: 10.1515/JPLR.2008.014
Abstract: The present article takes a discursive approach to the topic of impoliteness, in which conceptualizations of impoliteness are construed in the process of real-time interaction. The term “discursive” refers neither to a conversational analytic approach to interaction nor to one which is derived from principles of Critical Discourse Analysis. It rests rather on lay members' ongoing interpretations of what constitutes inappropriate forms of behaviour rather than on a theoretical concept that we choose to label “impoliteness”. The article makes a case for rejecting the term “impoliteness” itself on two grounds: (a) that this term would only make it the mirror opposite of whatever is taken to be “politeness”, and (b) that lay members, if they comment on inappropriate behaviour at all, are more likely to use terms such as rude, offensive, or aggressive than impolite. If we wish to tease out evidence of such imputations in the absence of lexical items indexing behaviour from instantiations of oral interaction, we need to apply the insights of cognitive blending theory and to adapt that theory in such a way that it can account for differential conceptualizations of behaviour as inappropriate or not. In this sense, the article is intended as a contribution towards the wider theory of relational work which has emerged recently from politeness research
-
Watts, Richard J.; Ide, Sachiko; Ehrlich, Konrad (Hg.) (2008): Politeness in Language. Studies in its History, Theory and Practice.. Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter
Abstract: The original articles present both the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness and a number of case studies and research projects. Key Features: Ideal as an introductory text to politeness research, one of the basic topics in applied linguistics. The new introduction by Richard Watts covers recent developments in politeness research since the 1990s.
Keywords: Youssef, Ramy -
(2008) : Introduction In: Watts, Richard J.; Ide, Sachiko; Ehrlich, Konrad (Hg.): Politeness in Language: Studies in its History, Theory and Practice.: Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter, S. 1-17Keywords: Youssef, Ramy
-
(2008): Interindividual differences in emotion regulation. In: Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie 16 (3), S. 164-166. DOI: 10.1026/0943-8149.16.3.164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1026/0943-8149.16.3.164 Abstract: In this article, we present a short overview of findings from our current research on inter individual differences in emotion regulation and their consequences for health and well-being. In our research that is based on experimental designs, ambulatory assessment methods as well as cross-sectional surveys, we examine inter individual differences in expectancies, strategies and goals that we assume to be associated with adaptive stress and emotion regulation. Among the inter individual differences in goals and strategies, we focus on functional and dysfunctional dispositional anger-related goals and strategies, and the habitual use of humor, ruminative thinking, and eating behavior as strategies of emotion regulation. With regard to health-related expectancies, possible mechanisms linking disposhional optimism with the perception and receipt of social support are a main area of our current research.
-
(2008) : Human-robot interaction In: Kelsey, Sigrid; St. Amant, Kirk (Hg.): Handbook of research on computer mediated communication., Vols. 1-2: Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference/IGI Global, S. 855-867. Online verfügbar unter http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2008-09375-061&site=ehost-live
DOI: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2008-09375-061&site=ehost-live Abstract: Some people regard the personal mobile robot as a candidate for the next digital revolution as it might become a future ubiquitous tool and everyday partner of humans. This new 'socio-emotional' robot is supposed to conduct dialogue, to develop social competencies and to support users in everyday life. In this chapter, I sketch out the epistemological, ontological and techno-material groundings of personal service robotics which is based on new models of human-machine interaction like caregiver-infant or pet-owner. I discuss the conversational paradigm in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) with its problematic concepts of 'pre-given' social mechanisms, uninformed users as well as its new understanding of sociality as service. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
-
(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 -
(2008): Sometimes it’s hard to be a robot: A call for action on the ethics of abusing artificial agents. In: Interacting with Computers 20 (3), S. 326-333. DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2008.02.002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2008.02.002 Abstract: This is a call for informed debate on the ethical issues raised by the forthcoming widespread use of robots, particularly in domestic settings. Research shows that humans can sometimes become very abusive towards computers and robots particularly when they are seen as human-like and this raises important ethical issues.The designers of robotic systems need to take an ethical stance on at least three specific questions. Firstly is it acceptable to treat artefacts – particularly human-like artefacts – in ways that we would consider it morally unacceptable to treat humans? Second, if so, just how much sexual or violent ‘abuse’ of an artificial agent should we allow before we censure the behaviour of the abuser? Thirdly is it ethical for designers to attempt to ‘design out’ abusive behaviour by users?Conclusions on these and related issues should be used to modify professional codes as a matter of urgency.
-
(2008) : Expectancy violations theory and interaction adaptation theory In: Baxter, Leslie A.; Braithwaite, Dawn O. (Hg.): Engaging theories in interpersonal communication: Multiple perspectives: Los Angeles: Sage, S. 423-437
Abstract: An understanding of the Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT)can be gained by considering the following question: When unexpected things happen, what determines if we see the event as a surprise or a disappointment? A key difference is how the event relates to what we expect, which influences how we interpret the event. For instance, imagine a new coworker who at first seems rather distant and standoffish whom you appear to have little in common. As a result, you do not talk much with him and know little about him. One day after a departmental dinner he brings you a pound of a special type of rice that had been served at the meal that you had particularly enjoyed. His actions definitely violate your expectations. After that, his distant behavior appears differently, and you begin to interact with him differently. One theoretical perspective that helps to explain how we interpret and react to these types of situations is EVT. The most recent extensions of many ideas from EVT are found in Interaction Adaptation Theory (IAT), a conceptual framework that helps to explain and predict how communicators manage to coordinate interaction behavior and how adaptation forms the foundation for effective relationships. EVT is a post-positivistic theory that seeks to explain and predict how communicators assess behavior that deviates from expectation and how they respond communicatively to such violations. The theory focuses heavily on nonverbal aspects of interaction but has been used to analyze a range of communication behaviors and contexts. Interaction Adaptation Theory is similar in its orientation but more directly addresses behavioral responses to unexpected behavior. Both theories follow a hypothetico-deductive approach, which means they utilize a set of concepts (such as expectancies, communicator characteristics, violations) to posit specific predictions about the outcomes of interaction. The goal of the theories is to provide a framework that allows researchers to posit hypotheses and to test specific predictions across different interaction contexts. In the following section, the concepts central to EVT are described and how these ideas have been incorporated into IAT are discussed. The chapter includes meta-theoretical assumptions of the theories, main features of the theories, the conceptualization of communication in the theories, uses of the theories, their strengths and limitations, and finally, suggestions for future research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
-
(2008): Social skills in their proper place. In: Philosophical Psychology 1 (3), S. 351-357. DOI: 10.1080/09515088808572950
Abstract: This paper considers the notion of ‘social skills’ from the viewpoint of analytic philosophy. The authors note first prejudices for and against an approach to human problems in terms of identificable ‘skills’. They then stipulate a definition of ‘social skills’ in terms of techniques ('knowing how'), and point to other essential aspects of change and treatment which fall outside this definition (in particular, the aspects of attitude or desire and judgement). Some generalisations are attempted relevant to the question of what problems are likely to yield to a ‘social skills’ approach, and what problems are likely to go deeper than such an approach can cure. Attention is drawn to the necessity of defining what is to count as success in such training, and the logical limits of ‘social skills’ training are clarified.
Keywords: Philosophical Psychology, Sozialkompetenz -
(2008): Conceptualizing gratitude and appreciation as a unitary personality trait. In: Personality and Individual Differences 44 (3), S. 621-632. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.09.028
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.09.028 Abstract: Gratitude and appreciation are currently measured using three self-report instruments, the GQ6 (1 scale), the Appreciation Scale (8 scales), and the GRAT (3 scales). Two studies were conducted to test how these three instruments are interrelated, whether they exist under the same higher order factor or factors, and whether gratitude and appreciation is a single or multi-factorial construct. In Study 1 (N = 206) all 12 scales were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis. Both parallel analysis and the minimum average partial method indicated a clear one-factor solution. In Study 2 (N = 389) multigroup confirmatory factor analysis supported the one-factor structure, demonstrated the invariance of this structure across gender, and ruled out the confounding effect of socially desirable responding. We conclude gratitude and appreciation are a single-factor personality trait. We suggest integration of gratitude and appreciation literatures and provide a clearer conceptualization of gratitude.
-
(2008): Effects of Time Lag of Utterances to Communicative Actions on Embodied Interaction With Robot and CG Character. In: International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 24 (1), S. 87-107. DOI: 10.1080/10447310701771506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10447310701771506 Abstract: The timing involved in generating communicative actions and utterances in a face-to-face greeting interaction for application in robot-human and computer-generated (CG) character-human interaction support systems is analyzed by synthesis. First, an analysis of human greeting clarifies the average pause and the average time delay in the utterance to a communicative action. Then, a synthesis-based analysis is performed by using an embodied robot system. This analysis confirms that the variation in the pause and the lag in the utterance to communicative actions produce different communicative effects, for example, a lag of about 0.3 sec is desirable for a familiar greeting and a longer lag is appropriate for a polite greeting. In addition, the synthesis-based analysis performed on a CG character system confirms the timing control effects. These results demonstrate the importance of timing control in embodied interactions as well as the applicability of such interactions in advanced communications with robots and CG characters. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Fortschritt, Mensch-Roboter-Interaktion -
Zanna, Mark P. (2008): Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. 1. Aufl.. s.l.: Elsevier textbooks (Advances in Experimental Social Psychology)
Abstract: Advances in Experimental Social Psychology continues to be one of the most sought after and most often cited series in this field. Containing contributions of major empirical and theoretical interest, this series represents the best and the brightest in new research, theory, and practice in social psychology. This serial is part of the Social Sciences package on Science Direct. Visit www.info.sciencedirect.com for more information. Advances Experimental Social Psychology is available online on ScienceDirect - full-text online of volumes 32 onwards. Elsevier book series on ScienceDirect gives multiple users throughout an institution simultaneous online access to an important compliment to primary research. Digital delivery ensures users reliable, 24-hour access to the latest peer-reviewed content. The Elsevier book series are compiled and written by the most highly regarded authors in their fields and are selected from across the globe using Elsevier's extensive researcher network. For more information about the Elsevier Book Series on ScienceDirect Program, please visit: http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/bookseries/
-
(2008): Emotional intelligence and social skills in adolescents with high social acceptance. In: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology 6 (2), S. 319-338
Abstract: Introduction: Adolescence is a critical period for individual and social development in which youngsters face different situations that involve their Emotional Intelligence and social skills. One of the most significant challenges for the adolescent is social acceptance, expressed through popularity, indifference or rejection from peers. In social acceptance it is important to know the role of Emotional Intelligence and social skills, thus helping to clarify lines of action in intervention programs with socially weak adolescents. Method: Using BArOn EQ-i:YV, emotional intelligence was evaluated for a group of 62 adolescents with high social acceptance (average age 13). These were selected by partner nominations. Similarly, 331 students from natural groups, not identified by their degree of social acceptance, were also evaluated. Gismero's scale (2002) was used to evaluate their social skills. Results: Statistical analyses of the variables showed significant differences in emotional intelligence (self-report measure) in favor of the higher social acceptance group as compared to the natural group. In the former group, lower scores were found for several social skills, with the request-making skill being lowest. In the same way, statistically significant correlations were found among several factors from BarOn's test and from the social skills scale. Discussion: The high emotional intelligence scores of students in the higher social acceptance group are congruent with theoretical models and with results from other studies. Significant statistical correlations were found among the EI factors and social skills that showed a partial relationship between these constructs; however, the low scores in the area of social skills observed in adolescents with higher social acceptance uncover an opportunity for developing such skills with them, since these skills represent learned, situational and contextualized behaviors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
-
(2008): Die Rechtfertigung abweichenden Verhaltens von Heranwachsenden im sozialen Kontext. In: Soziale Probleme 19 (2), S. 194-218. Online verfügbar unter https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/document/24470/1/ssoar-soziprobleme-2008-2-zdun-die_rechtfertigung_abweichenden_verhaltens_von_194-218.pdf
Abstract: 'Der Beitrag behandelt die von der Neutralisationsforschung weitgehend vernachlässigte Fragestellung, inwiefern Rechtfertigungen sich selbst und verschiedenen Umfeldern (Freunde und Eltern) gegenüber sowie bei bestimmten Vergehen variieren. Die quantitative Studie ist dabei auf das Rechtfertigungsverhalten von Heranwachsenden aus sozial benachteiligten Stadtgebieten zugeschnitten, die vielfach durch Vergehen der Straßenkriminalität auffallen. Es zeigen sich etliche Konsistenzen und Inkonsistenzen im Rechtfertigungsverhalten gegenüber den verschiedenen Umfeldern, die sowohl auf eine teilweise Anerkennung von Gewaltdelikten der Eltern in diesem Milieu hindeuten als auch auf eine Scham des Individuums bei anderen Delikten.' (Autorenreferat) zitiert von 3
Keywords: Abweichendes Verhalten, adolescence, Adolescent, Adoleszenz, Anthropologie, Benachteiligung, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, delict, Delikt, Deprivation, descriptive study, deskriptive Studie, Deviant behavior, empirical, empirisch, empirisch-quantitativ, Federal Republic of Germany, Gewaltkriminalität, Jugendlicher, Jugendsoziologie, Peer Group, quantitative empirical, Selbstbild, self-image, social focal point, social milieu, Social Problems, Social problems and services, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology of Childhood, Sociology of the Youth, soziale Probleme, Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste, sozialer Brennpunkt, soziales Milieu, Soziologie, Soziologie der Kindheit, Verhaltensforschung, Violent Crime -
(2008) : Service robot anthropomorphism and interface design for emotion in human-robot interaction: IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2008: CASE 2008 ; Arlington, Virginia, 23 - 26 Aug. 2008: Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Service Center, S. 674-679
Abstract: There has been growing interest in both developing and implementing service robots for health care and home environments. In addition to a variety of functions supported by robotic technology, the interaction between a human and robot, including human emotional experiences, can affect perceived service quality and satisfaction. Based on a survey of existing service robot applications and associated interface requirements, we consider anthropomorphism as a critical characteristic of the robot interface. We propose a preliminary research framework to support identification of the exact relationship between robot interface features and user (emotional) responses in service contexts. Future experimental investigations based on the framework are to be conducted.
-
(2008): Frames und sprachliches Wissen. Kognitive Aspekte der semantischen Kompetenz. Dissertation. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Abstract: The book is concerned with frame theory, which in recent years has experienced an immense growth in interest, not only in Germanic Linguistics. Frames are knowledge structures in the long-term memory which are of relevance for understanding expressions in language. Thus, for example, the gratuity frame makes knowledge available about eating in a restaurant. Frames can also be deployed as analytical tools. This is demonstrated using the metaphor of "financial investors as locusts" coined by the then-SPD Minister of Labour Franz Müntefering
Keywords: Dietrich Busse, Einführungswerk, frame semantics, Frame-Forschung, frames, Framesemantik, Frame-Semantik, Grammatiktheorie, Kognitionstheorie, Kognitive Grammatik, Kognitive Linguistik, Korpusanalyse, linguistische Epistemologie, Martin Wengeler, Morphologie, Psycholinguistik, Referenz, Schemata, Semantik, Sprachtheorie, Sprachverstehen, Syntax, Überblick, Übersicht zu Framesemantik, Zeichentheorie -
(2008): Lacan. Eine Einführung. Dt. Erstausg. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verl.
Abstract: Der Psychoanalytiker Jacques Lacan gilt als ein so einflußreicher wie schwieriger Denker. Der bekannte Kulturkritiker Slavoj Žižek hat sich daher die Aufgabe gestellt, Lacan einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich zu machen. Dies gelingt ihm, indem er die zentralen Begriffe anschaulich und amüsant mit Hilfe von bekannten Hollywood-Filmen erklärt. Eine Zeittafel sowie eine kommentierte Bibliographie zur weiterführenden Lektüre runden den Band ab.
-
(2008): Social Trust and Attitudes Toward Democracy. In: Public Opinion Quarterly 72 (4), S. 706-724. DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfn054
Abstract: Social science research demonstrates that people are drawn to others perceived as similar. We extend this finding to political candidates by comparing the relative effects of candidate familiarity as well as parlisan, issue, gender, and facial similarity on voters' evaluations of candidates. In Experiment 1, during the week of the 2006 Florida gubernatorial race, a national representative sample of voters viewed images of two unfamiliar candidates (Crist and Davis) morphed with either themselves or other voters. Results demonstrated a strong preference for facially similar candidates, despite no conscious awareness of the similarity manipulation. In Experiment 2, one week before the 2004 presidential election, a national representative sample of voters evaluated familiar candidates (Bush and Kerry). Strong partisans were unmoved by the facial similarity manipulation, but weak partisans and independents preferred the candidate with whom their own face had been morphed over the candidate morphed with another voter. In Experiment 3, we compared the effects of policy similarity and facial similarity using a set of prospective 2008 presidential candidates. Even though the effects of party and policy similarity dominated, facial similarity proved a significant cue for unfamiliar candidates. Thus, the evidence across the three studies suggests that even in high-profile elections, voters prefer candidates high in facial similarity, but most strongly with unfamiliar candidates.