• Trust dampening and trust promoting:A dual-pathway of trust calibration in human-robot interaction

    Subjects: Psychology >> Social Psychology submitted time 2023-12-25

    Abstract: Trust is the basis of successful human-robot interaction. However, humans do not always hold the appropriate level of trust in human-robot interaction, sometimes they may also fall into pitfalls: the trust bias, which contains both over-trust and under-trust. Trust bias can harm the human-robot interaction and so trust calibration is necessary. Trust calibration is often achieved through two ways: trust dampening and trust promoting. Trust dampening focuses on how to reduce the high level of trust in robots, while trust promoting focuses on how to improve the low level of trust in robots. For future directions, we suggest further optimize the measurement of methods. Besides, we also need to clarify the cognitive process and explore more boundary conditions. Finally, in order to boost human-robot collaboration, researchers are encouraged to explore personalized and specialized trust calibration strategies based on individual differences and further clarify the various reasons why trust bias occurs.

  • The impact of materialism on green consumption: Promotion or inhibition?

    Subjects: Psychology >> Management Psychology Subjects: Psychology >> Personality Psychology submitted time 2022-01-02

    Abstract: In today’s Chinese society, where materialistic values prevail, the promotion of green consumption is a matter of concern. Previous studies have drawn contradictory conclusions regarding the relationship between materialism and green consumption. Apropos this, the current research takes the conspicuous and inconspicuous characteristics of green products themselves as the breakthrough point. This study first examines the boundary conditions of materialism affecting green consumption, namely the moderating role of green products’ conspicuous characteristics. It further explores the psychological mechanisms of materialism promoting conspicuous green consumption and inhibiting inconspicuous green consumption, and finally investigates the intervening effects of nature contact on this basis. These studies provide new ideas for solving existing research differences and make management suggestions for enterprises and the government to guide green consumption."