【摘要】We know little about the commonality of folk beliefs around applications of psychological research on the unconscious control of behaviours。 To address this， in Experiment 1 (N = 399) participants volunteered examples of where research on the unconscious has been applied to influence their behaviours。 A subset of these were presented in Experiment 2 (N = 198) and Experiment 3 (N = 100)。 Participants rated the extent to which the behaviour being influenced in these contexts was： (1) via the unconscious， (2) free， (3) the result of prior conscious intentions， (4) under conscious control。 Relative to judgements about the extent to which behaviour was influenced via the unconscious， the remaining judgements regarding conscious control of behaviours were either higher (e。g。， political contexts) or lower (e。g。， therapy)。 This study is the first to show， using ecologically valid examples， the folk beliefs people share on psychological constructs concerning free will and determinism。
【关键词】UnconsciousFolk beliefsUnconscious manipulationFree will and determinismConscious intentions
【期刊名称】《Consciousness and Cognition》（SSCI）
【年，卷（期）】2019.10
【作者单位】Queen Mary University of London， Mile End Rd， London E14NS， UK
