The Value of Believing in Free Will

By Kathleen D. Vohs, Jonathan W. Schooler. Psychology Science, 2008

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health

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Personal Philosophy and Personnel Achievement: Belief in Free Will Predicts Better Job Performance (2010, positive): “…Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Muraven, & Tice, 1998), which is dependent on a biological resource (glucose; Gailliot et al., 2007; Masicampo & Baumeister, 2008), and dis-belief in free will serves as a cue not to bother exerting effortful control (Baumeister et al., 2009; Vohs & Schooler, 2008).”
Neuromarketing: the next step in market research? (2010, neutral): “Free will, and the ability to manipulate an individual’s perception of it have also recently come to light (Vohs & Schooler, 2008).”
Worldview transformation and the development of social consciousness (2010, background): “destiny, for example) can be manipulated with subtle unconscious priming (Vohs and Schooler, 2008; Mikulincer and Shaver, 2001).”
Believing versus Disbelieving in Free Will: Correlates and Consequences (2012, background): “A startling new direction was initiated by an article by Vohs and Schooler (2008).”
Understanding the Relationship Between Perceived Authenticity and Well-Being (2019, result): “In this way, studying perceived authenticity through the lens of true-self lay beliefs may be similar to the study of free will (Vohs & Schooler, 2008; Wegner, 2002) or religious beliefs (e.g., Emmons, 2005) in that it is the perception of reality that matters more than the actual reality.”
Free will in consumer behavior: Self-control, ego depletion, and choice (2008, methodology): “Belief in free will can be manipulated with methods developed by Vohs and Schooler (2008).”
Subjective correlates and consequences of belief in free will (2016, methodology): “Vohs and Schooler (2008) q 2015 Taylor & Francis A.”
Determined to conform: Disbelief in free will increases conformity (2013, methodology): “Adapting procedures developed by Vohs and Schooler (2008), we sought to create experimental groups that differed as to the degree of belief in free will.”
To Win, or Not to Lose, At Any Cost: The Impact of Achievement Goals on Cheating (2011, neutral): “Furthermore, individuals high in cynicism or diminished morale, and those who believe that human behaviour is under the control of predetermined forces, are more likely to cheat (Vohs and Schooler, 2008).”
Meaning in life and adjustment to daily stressors (2017, methodology): “Participants were presented with 10 sentences (drawn from Routledge et al., 2011; Vohs & Schooler, 2008), one at a time, on the computer screen and were then asked to rephrase each sentence in their own words.”
Critical Neuroscience: Linking Neuroscience and Society through Critical Practice (2009, background): “…such an incorporation can be effected is demonstrated by recent work on the practical effects of a (flawed) scientific denial of free will: Vohs and Schooler (2008) have shown that a newly acquired belief in determinism significantly increases the tendency to cheat among a group of…”