It has been argued that belief in free will is socially consequential and psychologically
universal. In this paper we look at the folk concept of free will and its critical assessment in …

Belief in free will is the general belief that human behavior is free from internal and external
constraints across situations for both self and others. In the last decade, scholars in social …

Five experiments supported the hypothesis that peoples' implicit theories about the
fixedness versus malleability of human attributes (entity versus incremental theories) predict …

Saul Smilansky presents an original treatment of the problem of free will, which lies at the
heart of morality and human self-understanding. He maintains that we have most of the …

We describe the development of FAD–Plus, a 27-item measure of lay beliefs in free will and
3 closely related constructs: scientific determinism, fatalistic determinism, and …

In this paper, we present the results of the construction and validation of a new psychometric
tool for measuring beliefs about free will and related concepts: The Free Will Inventory (FWI) …

Several studies have sought to link punitive public attitudes to attribution style and/or lay
theories of crime. This research finds that those who believe criminal acts are the result of …

Belief in free will is a pervasive phenomenon that has important consequences for prosocial
actions and punitive judgments, but little research has investigated why free will beliefs are …

Religion exerts significant influence on how individuals respond to social issues. The
present research investigates the implications of religious beliefs on emotions and …

Objective We used the FAD‐Plus to investigate the association of free will belief (FWB) with
political orientation, moral attitudes, and punitiveness. Other goals included (a) confirming …