Jonathan Schooler, Thomas Nadelhoffer, Eddy Nahmias, and Kathleen D. Vohs
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199333950
- eISBN:
- 9780199393848
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199333950.003.0005
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, General
This chapter describes interdisciplinary research on measuring beliefs about free will and on attempts to alter those beliefs and associated behaviors. The authors developed a new psychometric ...
More
This chapter describes interdisciplinary research on measuring beliefs about free will and on attempts to alter those beliefs and associated behaviors. The authors developed a new psychometric instrument for measuring people’s beliefs specifically about free will, determinism, and dualism. They generated new primes to manipulate people’s beliefs about free will and tested the relationship between beliefs about free will and various moral and nonmoral behaviors, including cheating, helping, thought suppression, creativity, and persistence in difficult tasks. The chapter describes the assorted results obtained and the lessons learned in the process.Less
This chapter describes interdisciplinary research on measuring beliefs about free will and on attempts to alter those beliefs and associated behaviors. The authors developed a new psychometric instrument for measuring people’s beliefs specifically about free will, determinism, and dualism. They generated new primes to manipulate people’s beliefs about free will and tested the relationship between beliefs about free will and various moral and nonmoral behaviors, including cheating, helping, thought suppression, creativity, and persistence in difficult tasks. The chapter describes the assorted results obtained and the lessons learned in the process.
