Consideration of a child type robot receiving intelligence test from the clinical psychologists.

Abstract

In recent years, the proportion of children with developmental disorders in regular classrooms has been increasing, leading to a growing demand for intelligence test. Since only clinical psychologists can administer this test, there is an increasing need for their services. Currently, training for intelligence test involves demonstrations with children and role-playing among adults pretending to be children. However, it is difficult to conduct sufficient training due to the challenge of performing demonstrations with children. Therefore, this study develop a child type robot (the proposed robot) capable of training clinical psychologists in intelligence test. This paper examines whether clinical psychologists can conduct training for intelligence test using the proposed robot. In the experiment, experienced clinical psychologists will be asked to administer intelligence test to 3-year-old children using the proposed robot, and their ability to adapt to the training will be investigated through interviews.