Table 2.
Means, SDs, and group size for each of the groups in this study for all 4 of the pretest measures employed.
| Appearance, agency, and gender subgroups | Desire for Control, mean (SD) | Loneliness, mean (SD) | Need for Cognition, mean (SD) | Marlowe-Crowne, mean (SD) | ||
| Appearance | Agency | Gender (N) | ||||
| Humanoid | Autonomous | Male (13) | 105.7 (9.1) | 38.3 (6.7) | 113.1 (26.1) | 4.8 (2.9) |
| Humanoid | Autonomous | Female (12) | 101.0 (12.5) | 39.8 (6.2) | 116.1 (12.0) | 4.5 (2.5) |
| Humanoid | Nonautonomous | Male (12) | 103.3 (12.2) | 37.8 (6.2) | 106.3 (28.8) | 5.2 (2.7) |
| Humanoid | Nonautonomous | Female (13) | 97.5 (11.4) | 39.2 (8.1) | 101.8 (25.6) | 5.8 (2.9) |
| Nonhumanoid | Autonomous | Male (13) | 99.6 (13.8) | 39.8 (6.7) | 112.4 (19.9) | 3.8 (1.7) |
| Nonhumanoid | Autonomous | Female (12) | 96.7 (9.6) | 39.1 (5.4) | 110.4 (16.0) | 4.1 (1.8) |
| Nonhumanoid | Nonautonomous | Male (14) | 103.0 (10.3) | 37.4 (9.5) | 112.3 (21.1) | 5.7 (3.4) |
| Nonhumanoid | Nonautonomous | Female (10) | 95.3 (8.1) | 39.7 (9.2) | 102.5 (9.8) | 3.4 (2.8) |