Free will - Social Psychology readings
Scales and manipulations
- Schooler, J., Nadelhoffer, T., Nahmias, E., and Vohs, K. D., “Measuring and manipulating beliefs about free will and related concepts: The good, the bad, and the ugly.” In A. Mele, ed. Surrounding free will. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (forthcoming).
- The free will inventory: Measuring beliefs about agency and responsibility (Nadelhoffer et al., 2014, C&C)
- The Free-Will Intuitions Scale and the question of natural compatibilism (O Deery, T Davis, J Carey, 2014, Philosophical Psychology)
- Am I free to practice? A training package concerning free will and forensic psychology (Jack, Wilson & Egan, 2018)
Concept of free will
- A Proposal for a Scientifically-Informed and Instrumentalist Account of Free Will and Voluntary Action (Eric Racine, Frontiers, 2017)
- Free Will Without Metaphysics (Monroe and Malle, 2014)
- Bringing free will down to Earth: People’s psychological concept of free will and its role in moral judgment (Monroe, Baumeister and Malle, 2014, C&C)
- Self-Organization as Conceptual Key to Understanding Free Will (Baumeister & Vonasch, 2011, AJOB neuroscience).
- Individual identity and freedom of choice in the context of environmental and economic conditions (Baumeister et al., Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, reply to article)
- Choice, free will, and religion (Baumeister, Bauer, & Lloyd, 2010)
- Why did they "choose" to stay? Perspectives of Hurricane Katrina observers and survivors (Stephens, Hamedani, Markus, Bergsieker, & Eloul, 2009, PsycSci)
- Interpersonal Blame and Perceptions of Choice (Psychological Studies, 2016)
- Baumeister, R.F., Clark, C., & Luguri, J., “Free will: Belief and reality,” In A. Mele ed. Surrounding free will. New York: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
- "Free will evolved for morality and culture" (book chapter, Monroe, 2016)
- Ordinary people associate addiction with loss of free will (addictive behaviors report, 2017)
- Free Will Belief and Reality (Baumeister, Clark, & Luguri, book chapter)
- The nature, common usage, and implications of free will and determinism (Behavior and Philosophy, 2008)
- Misconstruing agency: issues related to free will and determinism (Journal of Social Sciences, 2014)
- Perceptions of choice: Free will, moral responsibility, and mind-body dualism in humans, chimpanzees, and rats.(Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 2010)
- Doing the Right Thing: Determinism, Moral Responsibility, and Agency (International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013)
- Causes and Consequences of the Belief in Free Will (book chapter, Rigoni etal., 2017)
- If I am free, you can’t own me: Autonomy makes entities less ownable (Cognition, 2016)
- Responsibility Without Freedom? Folk Judgements About Deliberate Actions (Frontiers, 2019)
- The Implications of Degrees of Belief in Free Will (thesis, 2021)
Consequences
- Recent Research on Free Will: Conceptualizations, Beliefs, and Processes (Baumeister & Monroe, 2014, AESP)
- Worldview Implications of Believing in Free Will and/or Determinism: Politics, Morality, and Punitiveness (Carey & Paulhus, 2013, JOP)
- The Effect of Belief in Free Will on Prejudice (PLOSOne, 2014)
- Free will and paranormal beliefs (Mogi, Frontiers in Psychology, 2014)
- Priming determinist beliefs diminishes implicit (but not explicit) components of self-agency (frontiers in psychology - Consciousness Research, 2014)
- Subjective correlates and consequences of belief in free will (PhilPsyc, 2015)
- EFFECTS OF BELIEF IN FREE WILL OR DETERMINISM ON ATTITUDES TOWARD PUNISHMENT AND LOCUS OF CONTROL (Stroessner & Green, 1990, Journal of Social Psychology)
- Believing there is no free will corrupts intuitive cooperation (Cognition, 2016)
- Free to be Accountable: Extended Self as a Moderator of Cheating Among Those Primed with Determinism (Thesis,2016, Vincent M. Iula)
- Disassociating the Agent From the Self Undermining Belief in Free Will Diminishes True Self-Knowledge (Seto & Hicks, 2016, SPPS)
- Embodied free will beliefs: Some effects of physical states on metaphysical opinions (Thesis, Michael Ent, FSU, 2013)
- The self-control consequences of political ideology (PNAS. 2015)
- The consequences of disbelief in free will: Diminished morality or enhanced conformity? (Trager, 2013, Thesis)
- The influence of (dis)belief in free will on immoral behaviour (Frontiers, 2017)
- Review Addiction, cigarette smoking, and voluntary control of action: Do cigarette smokers lose their free will? (Baumeister, 2017, Addictive Behaviors Reports)
- Free to help? An experiment on free will belief and altruism (PLOSOne, 2017)
- Belief in free will promotes the transition from exploitation to exploration in decision making through sympathetic activity (International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2014)
- Some implications of beliefs in altruism, free will, and nonreductionism (Journal of Social Psychology, 2013)
- Free will perceptions, religious coping, and other mental health outcomes in caregivers of individuals with dementia (Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 2016)
- Ordinary people associate addiction with loss of free will (Addictive behaviors, 2017)
- The Influence of (Dis) belief in Free Will on Immoral Behavior (Frontiers, 2017)
- Belief in Free Will: Implications for Practice and Policy (Journal of Marketing Research, Yanmei Zheng, Stijn M.J. Van Osselaer, and Joseph W. Alba (2016)
- How Folk Beliefs about Free Will Influence Sentencing: A New Target for the Neuro-Determinist Critics of Criminal Law (New Criminal Law Review: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013)
- “Does belief in free will make us feel good and satisfied?” (Kondratowicz & Zawadzka, health psychology report, 2018)
- Determined to be humble? Exploring the relationship between belief in free will and humility (Earp etal, preprint, 2018)
- Sense of Agency and the Exhibition of Prosocial Behaviors (undergrad thesis, 2018)
- Forget the Folk:Moral Responsibility Preservation Motives and Other Conditions for Compatibilism (Clark, Winegard, & Baumeister, preprint)
- Cast into doubt: Free will and the justification for punishment (Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2018)
- Does Belief in Free Will Increase Support for Economic Inequality? (preprint, 2018)
- Political differences in free will belief are driven by differences in moralization (JPSP, Everett et al. 2020)
- Do Moral Judgements Motivate Free Will Belief? (preprint, 2019)
- Free will, determinism, and intuitive judgments about the heritability of behavior (Behavior genetics, 2019)
- Professional judges' disbelief in free will and punishment (preprint, 2020)
- Correlations between Free Will and Creativity (thesis, 2020)
- Does Belief in Free Will Increase Support for Economic Inequality? (Collabra, 2020)