People believe they have more free will than others

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 52, 2010, Pages 22469-22474

  Pronin, Emily ^a,b   Kugler, Matthew B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Attribution; Introspection; Psychology; Self other

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREER; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL VALUE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651112466     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012046108     Document Type: Article

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