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Add up your answers for all 7 items and then divide by 7 to get your average or mean score. Paulhus and Carey (2011) found that the average female college student scored a 3.31 and the average male college student 3.47. How do you compare? If your total is less than these, then your belief in free will is weaker than average; If it is greater, then your belief is stronger than average. Fun fact: According to one study, students who have stronger beliefs in free will were less likely to cheat on an experimental math task than those who have weaker beliefs (Vohs & Schooler, 2008). It seems that when people feel less responsible for their behavior, their behavior becomes less moral (Carey & Paulhus, 2013).

Individualistic Culture: Type of society in which people’s self-concepts tend to be stable, not tied to particular groups, and people place their personal preferences and goals above those of the group and value individual choice

Collectivistic Culture: Type of society in which people’s self-concepts tend to be intimately tied to and defined by their group memberships, people subordinate personal preferences and goals to the group’s, and where individual choice is not highly valued