Abstract:Providing valid responses to a self-report survey requires cognitive effort. Subjects engaging in insufficient effort responding (IER) are unwilling to take this effort. Compared to psychologists, experimental philosophers so far seem to have paid less attention to IER. This chapter is an attempt to begin to alleviate this shortcoming. First, it explains IER’s nature, prevalence and negative effects in self-report surveys in general. Second, it argues that IER might also affect experimental philosophy studies.… Show more
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