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What Does Intellectual Humility Look Like?
New evidence: even if we have strong opinions, knowing our limitations motivates us to seek out people with different views. And we’re more likely to approach them if they show humility too.
Source: “Effects of intellectual humility in the context of affective polarization” (Knochelmann & Cohrs)
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research on intellectual humility has exploded in the past 10 years. Psychologists now have many different ways to assess intellectual humility. Social scientists know that possessing a high level of intellectual humility is associated with multiple positive outcomes, like having more empathy, more prosocial behavior, reduced susceptibility to misi... See more
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