Mmeo20-+Hierarchy+of+Questions

The hierarchy of question in the thesis will link the empirical material collected for the study to my primary aims. My questions will be classified into three part, schizophrenia, robotic technologies and interrelations of anthropomorphous robots and psychological disorders of five social and academic classes: schizophrenic patients, family and community members of schizophrenic patients, psychiatrists, STS scholars, socio robotic scholars in particular and robotic engineers. First, I will ask high level questions about the robotic technologies and their functions in treating psychological disorders especially in treating social and communication problems of schizophrenic people, questions regarding the most desirable way of communication with schizophrenic people in order to design anthropomorphous robots more close to the communication desires of schizophrenic people. I will also ask general questions such as about various common methods in treating schizophrenia, the advantages and disadvantages of each treatment method, abnormalities in social conditions of such patients, the role of family support and social network ties in recovering schizophrenic people, the communication problems and hardships of schizophrenic patients, the development of humanoid robots and the socio robotic field. I will also ask scientific questions about the relationships of technology and human beings from a STS perspective.

Ø **//How severe psychological disorders affect patients’ life?//** o What are the symptoms of schizophrenia? o What are the treatment methods of schizophrenia? What elements are affecting the effectiveness of each method? o How much effective is medical and psychiatric treatment? o How schizophrenia affect patients’ social and communication relations? o What are the psychotherapy functions of social relationships in the lives schizophrenic patients and their families? o What are the roles of family, friend and community in social and emotional support of schizophrenic patients? o How strength is the social network of schizophrenic patients with their families? o What are the obstacles of schizophrenic patients’ social relationships with society? o What are the reasons of social isolation of schizophrenic patients? o What are the appropriate and desired forms of communication with schizophrenic patients? o What are individuals’ with mental illnesses and their family member’s perceptions of various personal losses due to mental illnesses?

Ø **//How can advanced technology help treating severe psychological disorders?//** o What are the reasons of robotic technologies growth? o In which areas- for example industrial, medical, psychological etc, robotic technologies have been used most? o Why robotic technologies have progressed in some areas so rapidly and in other areas so slowly? What are the barriers? o What are the advantages and disadvantages of anthropomorphous robots? o When does socio robotic emerge? o What are recent discoveries of humanoid robots in psychology? o Can development socio robotic help individuals with cognitive and social skills deficits because of their psychological disorders to overcome the difficulties of developing social relationships? o Can humanoid robots provide a tangible assistance and emotional support for the individuals with schizophrenia? o What are anthropomorphic robots? o What is the global tendency toward designing and programming anthropomorphous robots? o What are advantages and disadvantages of anthropomorphous robots? o Can we design and program an anthropomorphous robot based on the customer’s orders? In our case, can we program a anthropomorphic robot appropriate for recovering social and emotional condition of a schizophrenic patient? o How can we strengthen the tendency of schizophrenic patients toward communicating with a humanoid robot? o What are the barriers of human robot interactions?