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Q7_1: I would feel uneasy if I had been given a job where I had to

use robots.

0.340

−0.222

−0.057

0.480

Q7_2: I would feel comforted being with robots that have emotions.

0.317

0.771*

−0.076

−0.258

Q7_3: The word “robot” means nothing to me.

0.199

−0.296

−0.072

0.073

Q7_4: If robots had emotions, I would be able to make friends with them.

0.025

0.879*

−0.032

0.108

Q7_5: I would feel nervous interacting with a robot in front of other people.

0.562*

−0.019

0.009

0.286

Q7_6: I would feel relaxed talking with robots.

−0.382

0.576*

−0.068

−0.279

Q7_7: I hate the idea that robots or artificial intelligences are making judgements about things

−0.035

−0.111

−0.240

0.719*

Q7_8: I feel that in the future society will be dominated by robots.

0.083

0.559*

0.188

0.428

Q7_9: I would feel nervous just standing in front of a robot

0.657*

−0.136

0.207

0.214

Q7_10: I am concerned that robots would be a bad influence on children.

−0.021

−0.019

−0.104

0.698*

Q7_11: I would feel paranoid talking with a robot.

0.295

−0.255

−0.010

0.547*

Q7_12: I would feel uneasy if robots really had emotions.

0.110

−0.239

−0.034

0.297

Q7_13: I feel that if I depend on robots too much, something bad might happen.

0.263

0.003

0.004

0.617*

Q7_14: Something bad might happen if robots developed into living beings.

−0.012

0.119

−0.078

0.684*

Q8_1: A robot might talk about irrelevant things in the middle of a conversation

0.412

0.225

−0.379

−0.017

Q8_2: Whether I would understand what a robot is talking about.

0.311

−0.034

−0.531*

−0.025

Q8_3: A robot might not be flexible in following the direction of a conversation.

−0.073

−0.045

−0.917*

0.134

Q8_4: Whether a robot would understand what I am talking about.

0.088

−0.058

−0.868*

0.040

Q8_5: A robot might not understand difficult conversation topics.

−0.032

0.066

−0.887*

0.140

Q8_6: How I should respond when a robot talks to me.

0.696*

−0.088

−0.182

−0.059

Q8_7: The kind of movements a robot might make.

0.760*

−0.054

−0.053

0.110

Q8_8: How I should talk to a robot.

0.866*

−0.054

−0.141

−0.137

Q8_9: What a robot might be going to do.

0.646*

0.021

−0.220

0.135

Q8_10: How fast a robot could move.

0.893*

0.148

0.022

−0.043

Q8_11: How strong a robot might be

0.836*

0.089

0.011

0.023