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Genschow, Oliver ORCID: 0000-0001-6322-4392, Rigoni, Davide ORCID: 0000-0001-9045-3190 and Brass, Marcel ORCID: 0000-0002-3364-4019 (2017). Belief in free will affects causal attributions when judging others' behavior. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 114 (38). S. 10071 - 10077. WASHINGTON: NATL ACAD SCIENCES. ISSN 0027-8424

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Abstract

Free will is a cornerstone of our society, and psychological research demonstrates that questioning its existence impacts social behavior. ;In six studies, we tested whether believing in free will is related to the correspondence bias, which reflects people's automatic tendency to overestimate the influence of internal as compared to external factors when interpreting others' behavior. All studies demonstrate a positive relationship between the strength of the belief in free will and the correspondence bias. Moreover, in two experimental studies, we showed that weakening participants' belief in free will leads to a reduction of the correspondence bias. Finally, the last study demonstrates that believing in free will predicts prescribed punishment and reward behavior, and that this relation is mediated by the correspondence bias. Overall, these studies show that believing in free will impacts fundamental social-cognitive processes that are involved in the understanding of others' behavior.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Genschow, Oliver UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-4392 UNSPECIFIED Rigoni, Davide UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9045-3190 UNSPECIFIED Brass, Marcel UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-4019 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-217563
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.1701916114
Journal or Publication Title:	Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
Volume:	114
Number:	38
Page Range:	S. 10071 - 10077
Date:	2017
Publisher:	NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	0027-8424
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CORRESPONDENCE BIAS; WEAKENING BELIEF; SOCIAL COGNITION; ERROR; DISBELIEF; RESPONSIBILITY; PERFORMANCE; COMPLEXITY; PUNISHMENT; PREDICTS Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21756