Questionnaire Development to Assess Curiosity

Curiosity is a complex emotion that is essential for learning and exploration. In humans, curiosity is often measured through self-report questionnaires, such as the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II [1]. We currently want to create non-verbal and verbal communication methods with which robots can express curiosity.

However, there is no standardized questionnaire for measuring curiosity in robots and other assistive systems. In contrast to measuring one's own curiosity, we want to measure the perception of a digital system's curiosity.

You will:

• Perform a literature review on curiosity
• Perform a literature review on measuring how humans perceive properties in systems
• Develop a Systems-Curiosity-Scale (SCS) [2, 3]
• Perform an online survey to evaluate the SCS
• Summarize your findings in a thesis and presenting them to an audience
• (Optional) Co-writing a research paper

You need:

• Strong communication skills in english
• Strong motivation to work with literature
• Good knowledge of data processing

References

• [1]The Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II: Development, Factor Structure, and Psychometrics.
• [2]Best practices for developing and validating scales for health, social, and behavioral research: a primer.
• [3]Creepy Technology: What Is It and How Do You Measure It?