Anthropomorphism

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Contents 1 General 1.1 What is Anthropomorphism? 2 Personality 3 Situations 4 Affect 5 Cognition 6 Behavior 7 Theory 8 Who 9 Other Resources 9.1 What other resources on anthropomorphism exist?

General

What is Anthropomorphism?

Anthropomorphism is the process whereby humans attribute human quallities or human likeness to non-human objects.

Personality

Situations

Affect

Cognition

Behavior

Theory

Nicholas Epley, Adam Waytz, and John Cacioppo at University of Chicago have authored a theory paper entitled "On Seeing Human: A Three-Factor Theory of Anthropomorphism," in press at Psychological Review.

Who

Other Resources

What other resources on anthropomorphism exist?

There is a wonderful summary at this URL -> http://anthropomorphism.org/psychology2.html, including some wonderful Flash/Quicktime movies based on a classic experiment by Heider whereby simple shapes are given "human likeness" through their movements.