Jonah Koetke

What does it mean to perceive another person as intellectually humble? Dr. Karina Schumann and I review the growing literature on this topic, discuss the benefits and costs, and outline future directions for research in this area.

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Intellectual Humility and Trust The problem of mistrust cannot be solved by increasing trust indiscriminately; rather, we need tools that help people trust more in what is credible a…

Want to know more about intellectual humility and trust? I have good news for you! We wrote a brief (but thorough) review on IH and trust in Current Opinion in Psychology! 10/10 experience publishing with some of my fave colleagues @michalehmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are There Consequences of Expressing Intellectual Humility Toward Claims Perceived as Established or Moral Truths? Implications for Judgments of Expresser’s Competence and Warmth - Jonah Koetke, Karin... Prior research has found that people perceive intellectual humility (IH)—the awareness of one’s intellectual limitations—as a positive characteristic. Here, we ...

Are there contexts where expressing intellectual humility (IH) can backfire? On established or morally convicted topics, the positive impacts of perceived high (vs. low) IH on competence and warmth are attenuated or reversed.

Full Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1948...

Thanks for the question and for reading! We examined this idea in another recent paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.je...) and found that there is a group effect, such that we do see ingroup politicians as more intellectually humble than outgroup politicians.

Lay Preferences for and Perceptions of Intellectual Humility Across Societal Roles | Social Cognition Research on intellectual humility (IH)—the awareness of one's intellectual limitations—demonstrates that high levels of self-reported IH are associated with behaviors that are broadly beneficial for i...

New paper alert! Published in Social Cognition, people want experts to be intellectually humble, but see all these experts as falling short of this ideal level of intellectual humility. We discuss implications for person perception and public trust.

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1521/soco...

Divine forgiveness (DF)—the belief that one has been forgiven by God—is a deeply meaningful part of many people’s lives and can positively impact their well-being, including the ability to self-forgive after wrongdoing.