I'm looking for research on how people chose between 1st and 3rd person pronoun, and correlates of this choice. For example: "The computer will compute 2+2", vs. "I will compute 2+2" (even when its the computer doing the computation).
Why do people chose 1st vs. 3rd person? Is this choice indicative of their motivation and/or personality?
I'd be grateful for leads to relevant research.
Thank you.