Impressions of Learning Systems and Speech in the Training of Robots for Intelligence Tests

Abstract

In recent years, the proportion of children with developmental disabilities in mainstream classrooms has increased, as has the demand for clinical psychologists to conduct psychological testing. Training methods for psychological testing include classroom-based learning, exercises and practical training with other people. However, difficulties in securing training sites and test subjects mean that clinical psychologists are unable to receive sufficient training in psychological testing. Therefore, this study proposes a child-like robot to train clinical psychologists in intelligence testing (hereafter referred to as the ’proposed robot’). The proposed robot is equipped with speech content similar to that used with children undergoing intelligence tests. Clinical psychologists can practice conducting intelligence tests by conversing with the robot. The proposed robot is also equipped with a learning system that displays the procedures and manuals for intelligence tests. This paper investigates the impact of training with the proposed robot on clinical psychologists. The experimental results showed that clinical psychologists had a positive impression of the proposed robot based on voice training without a learning system.