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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Belief in free will underpins agency and responsibility.
  • Free will beliefs (FWBs) are experimentally dynamic, but attitudes (FWAs) are less understood.
  • FWAs, or valuing free will, may influence belief revision.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel measure of free will attitudes (FWAs).
  • To investigate the relationship between FWAs and free will beliefs (FWBs).
  • To test the impact of an experimental manipulation on both FWAs and FWBs.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a novel scale to assess free will attitudes (FWAs).
  • Examined the correlation between FWAs and free will beliefs (FWBs).
  • Applied a "Crick text" manipulation designed to reduce FWBs and measured its effect on both FWBs and FWAs.

Main Results:

  • FWBs and FWAs are positively related, but less so than beliefs/attitudes regarding determinism or dualism.
  • The "Crick text" manipulation specifically reduced FWBs without affecting FWAs.
  • The novel FWA measure demonstrated validity.

Conclusions:

  • Free will attitudes are distinct from free will beliefs and less susceptible to direct manipulation.
  • The findings offer new insights into laypeople's perspectives on free will.
  • Provides evidence supporting the specificity of the "Crick text" manipulation technique.