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Article Effect of Belief in Free Will on the Intensity of Third-Party Punishment(Istanbul University Press, 2025-09-08) Çakar, Tuna; Akyürek, Güçlü; Erözden, Ozan; Özen, Zeynep; Şahin, Türkay; Keskin, İrem Nur; Ünlü, MeryemThe institutionalized criminal justice mechanisms are built on two psychological and social traits: third-party punishment (TPP) and belief in free will (BFW). TPP is the administration of a sanction to a transgressor by an individual not affected by the transgression. BFW posits that humans are in control of their actions. Previous studies have indicated that BFW influences TPP. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the level of BFW has an impact on the magnitude of punishment in TPP tasks. Furthermore, it questions whether the degree of affective arousal of the punisher creates an additional effect on the magnitude of the punishment. Our basic hypothesis is that the BFW and punishment magnitude are positively correlated. We also hypothesize that the expected positive correlation between BFW and punishment magnitude will be more manifest in low-affect scenarios than in high-affect ones. Participants (N = 726) were given 49 hypothetical crime scenarios categorized as low- and high-affect cases. Upon reading each scenario, the participants were tasked to attribute a penalty between the two given options. Our results showed that the level of BFW was positively correlated with the degree of punishment administered in the hypothetical crime scenarios and that the average punishment magnitude for participants with a low level of BFW increased in the high-affect crime scenarios. We assume that our results would shed light on the underlying causes of public reactions to criminal sentencing policies, thus helping lawmakers in enacting better regulations in this respect. 2025. Çakar, T., Akyürek, G., Erözden, O., Şahin, T., Keskin, İ. N., Ünlü, M., Özen, D. H. & Özen, Z.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Understanding the Psychological and Financial Correlates for Consumer Credit Use;(Sosyoekonomi Society, 2024-01-31) Ertuğrul, Seyit; Sayar, Alperen; Şahin, Türkay; Çakar,Tuna; Ertuğru, SeyitThis study investigated the behavioural and cognitive predictors of consumer credit usage to develop a behavioural credit risk assessment procedure for a factoring company. Participants completed surveys measuring personality traits, self-esteem, material and monetary values, compulsive and impulsive buying tendencies, self-control, and impulsiveness. Financial surveys also assessed financial literacy and knowledge of financial concepts. The results indicated that extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and experiential self-control were significant predictors of consumer credit usage. These findings suggest that a finance company can use these personality traits and financial characteristics to develop a more accurate and effective credit risk assessment procedure, such as psychometric tests. © 2024, Sosyoekonomi Society. All rights reserved.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Classification of Altruistic Punishment Decisions by Optical Neuroimaging and Machine Learning Methods(IEEE, 2023-07-05) Erözden, Ozan; Şahin, Türkay; Akyürek, Güçlü; Filiz, Gözde; Çakar, TunaAltruistic punishment (third-party punishment) is important in terms of maintaining social norms and promoting prosocial behavior. This study examined data obtained using the near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) method to predict altruistic punishment decisions. It was found that specific neural activity patterns were significantly related to decisions regarding the punishment of the perpetrator. This research contributes to the development of social decision-making models and helps advance our understanding of the cognitive and neural processes involved in third-party punishments.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 2Alternative Data Sources and Psychometric Scales Supported Credit Scoring Models(IEEE, 2023-07-05) Şahin, Türkay; Filiz, Gözde; Çakar, Tuna; Özvural, Özden Gebizlioğlu; Nicat, Şahin; Gebizlioǧlu Özvural, ÖzdenThis study aims to evaluate individuals with limited access to banking services and enhance credit scoring models with alternative data sources. A psychometric-based credit scoring model was developed and tested. Despite limited data, significant potential findings were obtained. However, clarification of the distinction between credit payment intention and ability and validation of the results with more data are necessary.Conference Object The Neural Correlates of the Effect of Belief in Free Will on Third-Party Punishment: an Optical Brain Imaging (fnirs) Study(Cognitive Science Society, 2022) Çakar, Tuna; Akyürek, Güçlü; Erözden, Ozan; Şahin, Türkay; Keskin, İrem Nur; Ünlü, Meryem; Özen, Deniz Hazal; Özen, ZeynepThird party punishment (TPP), or altruistic punishment, is specifically human prosocial behavior. TPP denotes the administration of a sanction to a transgressor by an individual that is not affected by the transgression. In some evolutionary accounts, TPP is considered crucial for the stability of cooperation and solidarity in larger groups formed by genetically unrelated individuals. Belief in free will (BFW), on the other hand, is the idea that humans have control over their behavior. BFW is a human universal notion that, in some studies, has been found to be supportive of prosocial behavior. In our study, we examined the effect of BFW on TPP under high and low affect scenarios through optical brain imaging (fNIRS). We hypothesized that in low affect cases, there would be a positive correlation between the strength of the BFW and the severity of the punishment inflicted. Obtained results and related statistical analyses indicate that participants with higher degree of BFW have more neural activation in their right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) (hbo and hbt measures) in high affect scenarios, whereas the participants with lower degree of BFW have higher levels of neural activation in the medial PFC (hbo and hbt measures) in low affect scenarios. These empirical findings are in line with the research findings in the relevant academic literature and support the hypothesis that the degree of BFW influences punishment decisions.
