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The Effect of Gender and Method of Persuasion on Random Processes

The Effect of Gender and Method of Persuasion on Random Processes. May 5, 2005 PSY/ORFE 322. Purpose. To determine if an operator’s method of persuasion (coaxing vs commanding) can affect the ‘time of flight’ of a robot controlled by a Random Event Generator (REG)

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The Effect of Gender and Method of Persuasion on Random Processes

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  1. The Effect of Gender and Method of Persuasion on Random Processes May 5, 2005 PSY/ORFE 322

  2. Purpose • To determine if an operator’s method of persuasion (coaxing vs commanding) can affect the ‘time of flight’ of a robot controlled by a Random Event Generator (REG) • To determine if the gender of the operator has any effect on his/her performance when using these two methods of persuasion

  3. Coax vs Command • Coax: to draw, gain, or persuade by means of gentle urging or flattery • Command: to direct authoritatively or order Source: Webster’s Dictionary

  4. Peoc’h, Rene (1986) • Newly hatched chicks were conditioned to adopt an REG controlled robot as their mother. • The robot was then allowed to operate within a closed space, adjacent to a cage, with its motion tracked. • The robot was run both in the presence of the chicks, and in the presence of an empty cage.

  5. Peoc’h, Rene (1986) • In the presence of the chicks, the robot spent 2.5 times as much time on the side nearest to the cage

  6. Brenda J. Dunne et. al. (1998) • According to REG studies conducted between 1979 and 1993, the correlation of mean shifts with intention tends to be much stronger in males than females. • The low-intention results of females tend to be opposite of intention

  7. R. G. Jahn et. al. (1997) • Little systematic assessment of the effectiveness of a particular operator strategy has been made • Based on limited data, it appears that the most successful operators form bonds with the devices and relate to them in anthropomorphic terms

  8. Implications • Is it possible that an ‘anthropomorphic bond’ could be formed between operator and device through the use of a commanding or coaxing method of persuasion? • Could men be more successful at using the ‘command’ method, traditionally associated with masculinity? • Likewise, could women be more successful at using the traditionally feminine ‘coax’ method?

  9. Hypotheses • It is thought that the ‘command’ method of persuasion will be more effective at altering the ‘time of flight’ of the REG controlled robot. • Similarly, it is thought that men will be more effective in their use of the ‘command’ method.

  10. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment)

  11. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female

  12. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment

  13. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment • Each operator: 40 trials (20 sets)

  14. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment • Each operator: 40 trials (20 sets) • Computers! Robots! Volition!

  15. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment • Each operator: 40 trials (20 sets) • Computers! Robots! Volition! • Each set = 1 ‘Long’ and 1 ‘Short’ run

  16. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment • Each operator: 40 trials (20 sets) • Computers! Robots! Volition! • Each set = 1 ‘Long’ and 1 ‘Short’ run • 1st set: Coaxing, 2nd set: Commanding…

  17. COMMANDING the Frog Robot

  18. COMMANDING the Frog Robot (this is a simulation)

  19. Coaxing the Frog Robot

  20. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment • Each operator: 40 trials (20 sets) • Computers! Robots! Volition! • Each set = 1 ‘Long’ and 1 ‘Short’ run • 1st set: Coaxing, 2nd set: Commanding… • Each trial: appx. 10sec – 4min

  21. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment • Each operator: 40 trials (20 sets) • Computers! Robots! Volition! • Each set = 1 ‘Long’ and 1 ‘Short’ run • 1st set: Coaxing, 2nd set: Commanding… • Each trial: appx. 10sec – 4min • No baseline trials

  22. Procedure(Our Controlled Experiment) • 6 operators total: 3 male, 3 female • Operators left alone to perform experiment • Each operator: 40 trials (20 sets) • Computers! Robots! Volition! • Each set = 1 ‘Long’ and 1 ‘Short’ run • 1st set: Coaxing, 2nd set: Commanding… • Each trial: appx. 10sec – 4min • No baseline trials • Statistics…

  23. HYPOTHESIS 1 The ‘command’ method of persuasion will be more effective than the ‘coax’ method at altering the ‘time of flight’ of the REG controlled robot.

  24. DATA • Mean time for SHORT RUN using COAX = 49.84 sec • Mean time for SHORT RUN using COM: = 55.54 sec • Mean time for LONG RUN using COAX: = 51.02 sec • Mean time for LONG RUN using COM: = 54.67 sec

  25. DATA • St.dev. for SHORT RUN using COAX = 27.02 sec • St.dev. for SHORT RUN using COM: = 38.61 sec • St.dev. for LONG RUN using COAX: = 41.22 sec • St.dev. for LONG RUN using COM: = 31.17 sec

  26. DATA

  27. TEST Is meanlong-com – meanlong-coax > 0? Using the two-sample t test, we do not have sufficient evidence to conclude with a high degree of confidence (95%) that commanding was more effective than coaxing.

  28. HYPOTHESIS 2 Men will be more effective than women in their use of the ‘command’ method.

  29. DATA • Mean time for MEN for SHORT RUN using COM = 54.30 sec • Mean time for WOMEN for SHORT RUN using COM = 56.57 sec • Mean time for MEN for LONG RUN using COM = 56.77 sec • Mean time for WOMEN for LONG RUN using COM = 52.84 sec

  30. DATA • St.dev. for MEN for SHORT RUN using COM = 47.76 sec • St.dev. for WOMEN for SHORT RUN using COM = 29.77 sec • St.dev. for MEN for LONG RUN using COM = 38.33 sec • St.dev. for WOMEN for LONG RUN using COM = 28.84 sec

  31. DATA

  32. TEST Is meanlong-men – meanlong-women > 0? Using the two-sample t test, we do not have sufficient evidence to conclude with a high degree of confidence (95%) that men were more effective than women with the command method.

  33. HYPOTHESIS 3 Women will be more effective than men in their use of the ‘coax’ method.

  34. DATA • Mean time for WOMEN for SHORT RUN using COAX = 53.58 sec • Mean time for MEN for SHORT RUN using COAX = 45.36 sec • Mean time for WOMEN for LONG RUN using COAX = 42.37 sec • Mean time for MEN for LONG RUN using COAX = 61.39 sec

  35. DATA • St.dev. for WOMEN for SHORT RUN using COAX = 27.06 sec • St.dev. for MEN for SHORT RUN using COAX = 26.83 sec • St.dev. for WOMEN for LONG RUN using COAX = 21.58 sec • St.dev. for MEN for LONG RUN using COAX = 55.26 sec

  36. DATA

  37. CONCLUSION

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