Parents beware: your kids can now feel peer pressure from robots

Parents beware: your kids can now feel peer pressure from robots

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https://www.techradar.com/news/parents-beware-your-kids-can-now-feel-peer-pressure-from-robots

Everyone’s fallen victim to peer pressure at some point in their life, but German researchers have identified a uniquely modern twist on the phenomenon: children feeling subjected to peer pressure from robots.

Researchers at Bielefeld University replicated the ‘Asch Paradigm’, a series of tests developed by behavioral psychologist Solomon Asch to determine how people are affected by peer pressure in a group. 

Parents beware: your kids can now feel peer pressure from robots

Aug 16, 2018, 2:17pm UTC
https://www.techradar.com/news/parents-beware-your-kids-can-now-feel-peer-pressure-from-robots > Everyone’s fallen victim to peer pressure at some point in their life, but German researchers have identified a uniquely modern twist on the phenomenon: children feeling subjected to peer pressure from robots. > Researchers at Bielefeld University replicated the ‘Asch Paradigm’, a series of tests developed by behavioral psychologist Solomon Asch to determine how people are affected by peer pressure in a group.