Table 6.
Summary of Findings.
Predictions/Research Questions | Findings | Notes |
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Interaction between beliefs and realism intuitions | Significant interaction between free will beliefs and the contrast between indeterministic and deterministic universes | Preregistered. However, intuitions not reversed, weaker effect than expected |
Higher moral accountability in the indeterministic universe | Supported. Higher than the uncertain universe and the deterministic universe. Deterministic universe lower than the uncertain universe | Preregistered. Replication for the indeterministic versus deterministic universe contrast in the literature |
Higher uniqueness, happiness, and meaningfulness in the indeterministic universe | Supported. Higher than the uncertain universe and deterministic universe. Deterministic universe lower than the uncertain universe | Preregistered. In support of findings in social–psychology linking free will beliefs and related outcomes |
Higher learning and meaningfulness intuitions in the indeterministic universe | Supported | In support of findings in social–psychology linking free will beliefs and related outcomes |
Higher or lower prosociality in the indeterministic universe? | Higher prosociality in the indeterministic universe, compared to the other conditions | Exploratory. In support of the Baumeister-ian view of the sociofunctional role of free will |
Are intuitions for the indeterministic and deterministic universes different than for an uncertain universe? | Significant differences for all intuitions: indeterministic universe highest, deterministic lowest, uncertain in between | Exploratory. Conclusion: certainty about indeterminism and related intuitions |
Do free will beliefs predict differences in intuitions? | Significant interactions only for happiness and learning for the indeterministic versus deterministic universe contrasts | Exploratory. Conclusion: beliefs had no to weak effects over intuitions |