Lay psychology of the hidden mental life: Attribution patterns of unconscious processes

► We investigate to what extent people are willing to attribute unconscious processes. ► People are more willing to attribute generic unconscious events than specific ones. ► Unconscious psychological processes are resisted for certain domains in particular. ► People are less willing to accept unconscious processes in selves than in others. ► The time frame is irrelevant for attribution of unconscious processes about oneself.