Children conform, adults resist: A robot group induced peer pressure on normative social conformity
People are known to change their behavior and decisions to conform to others, even for obviously incorrect facts. Because of recent developments in artificial intelligence and robotics, robots are increasingly found in human environments, and there, they form a novel social presence. It is as yet unclear whether and to what extent these social robots are able to exert pressure similar to human peers. This study used the Asch paradigm, which shows how participants conform to others while performi
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Published: 15 August 2018
Source: OpenAlex
Category: Research
Topics: Children & education · Agents & autonomy · Environment
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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