Emotional Agents Outreach: An Undergraduate Research project

— Emotions are psychological reactions that develop as a consequence of certain cognitions and interpretations. In this research we will introduce the OCC (Ortony, Clore, and Collins) theory as our model for understanding emotions. The use of advanced emotional agents has been used on younger kids in a form of video games and animated movies. But the use of this techonology in the teaching learning environment has not yet been popular. So, in our research we will introduce the use of agents in teaching learning environments in a way they would attract and inspire younger kids to be more interested in studying. We will be using Scratch, a programming language used to create agents in a simpler way, as our tool. After this research, with further modification and studies, we will be able to get an updated educational system which involves emotional agents that will help students attain their intended success.

——情绪是作为某些认知和解读的结果而产生的心理反应。在这项研究中，我们将引入OCC（奥托尼、克洛尔和柯林斯）理论作为我们理解情绪的模型。先进的情感智能体已以电子游戏和动画电影的形式应用于年幼的儿童。但是这种技术在教学环境中的应用尚未普及。因此，在我们的研究中，我们将介绍在教学环境中使用智能体，使其能够吸引并激励年幼的儿童对学习更感兴趣。我们将使用Scratch（一种用于以更简单的方式创建智能体的编程语言）作为我们的工具。经过这项研究，通过进一步的修改和研究，我们将能够获得一个更新的教育系统，其中包含情感智能体，这将有助于学生取得预期的成功。