• DOI:10.1111/J.1751-9004.2012.00458.X
Corpus ID: 142708630

Believing versus Disbelieving in Free Will: Correlates and Consequences

@article{Baumeister2012BelievingVD,
  title={Believing versus Disbelieving in Free Will: Correlates and Consequences},
  author={R. Baumeister and Lauren E. Brewer},
  journal={Social and Personality Psychology Compass},
  year={2012},
  volume={6},
  pages={736-745}
}

R. Baumeister, Lauren E. Brewer

Published 2012

Psychology

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Some people believe more than others in free will, and researchers have both measured and manipulated those beliefs. Disbelief in free will has been shown to cause dishonest, selfish, aggressive, and conforming behavior, and to reduce helpfulness, learning from one's misdeeds, thinking for oneself, recycling, expectations for occupational success, and actual quality of performance on the job. Belief in free will has been shown to have only modest or negligible correlations with other variables… CONTINUE READING

View via Publisher

laurenebrewer.com

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed