Samuel, Janina Luise2019-11-282019-11-282019Ethics in Progress, Volume 10 (2019), Issue 2, pp. 8-262084-9257http://hdl.handle.net/10593/25192There are many issues surrounding the introduction of social robots into society, including concerns about how they may be used to replace true social interaction in personal life, dehumanise formerly social occupations such as elderly care, and be perceived as more human than they actually are. This paper shall present a psychological perspective on the human reception of social robots and apply the gathered information to address these concerns.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesssocial robotsanthropomorphismrobot psycologyuncanny valleyhttps://doi.org/10.14746/eip.2019.2.2