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Cognitive and Interpersonal Features of Intellectual Humility.

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Leary, MR; Diebels, KJ; Davisson, EK; Jongman-Sereno, KP; Isherwood, JC; Raimi, KT; Deffler, SA; Hoyle, RH
Published in: Personality & social psychology bulletin
June 2017

Four studies examined intellectual humility-the degree to which people recognize that their beliefs might be wrong. Using a new Intellectual Humility (IH) Scale, Study 1 showed that intellectual humility was associated with variables related to openness, curiosity, tolerance of ambiguity, and low dogmatism. Study 2 revealed that participants high in intellectual humility were less certain that their beliefs about religion were correct and judged people less on the basis of their religious opinions. In Study 3, participants high in intellectual humility were less inclined to think that politicians who changed their attitudes were "flip-flopping," and Study 4 showed that people high in intellectual humility were more attuned to the strength of persuasive arguments than those who were low. In addition to extending our understanding of intellectual humility, this research demonstrates that the IH Scale is a valid measure of the degree to which people recognize that their beliefs are fallible.

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Personality & social psychology bulletin

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EISSN

1552-7433

ISSN

0146-1672

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

43

Issue

6

Start / End Page

793 / 813

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Thinking
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Leary, M. R., Diebels, K. J., Davisson, E. K., Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Isherwood, J. C., Raimi, K. T., … Hoyle, R. H. (2017). Cognitive and Interpersonal Features of Intellectual Humility. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(6), 793–813. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217697695
Leary, Mark R., Kate J. Diebels, Erin K. Davisson, Katrina P. Jongman-Sereno, Jennifer C. Isherwood, Kaitlin T. Raimi, Samantha A. Deffler, and Rick H. Hoyle. “Cognitive and Interpersonal Features of Intellectual Humility.Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin 43, no. 6 (June 2017): 793–813. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217697695.
Leary MR, Diebels KJ, Davisson EK, Jongman-Sereno KP, Isherwood JC, Raimi KT, et al. Cognitive and Interpersonal Features of Intellectual Humility. Personality & social psychology bulletin. 2017 Jun;43(6):793–813.
Leary, Mark R., et al. “Cognitive and Interpersonal Features of Intellectual Humility.Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 43, no. 6, June 2017, pp. 793–813. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0146167217697695.
Leary MR, Diebels KJ, Davisson EK, Jongman-Sereno KP, Isherwood JC, Raimi KT, Deffler SA, Hoyle RH. Cognitive and Interpersonal Features of Intellectual Humility. Personality & social psychology bulletin. 2017 Jun;43(6):793–813.
Journal cover image

Published In

Personality & social psychology bulletin

DOI

EISSN

1552-7433

ISSN

0146-1672

Publication Date

June 2017

Volume

43

Issue

6

Start / End Page

793 / 813

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Thinking
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female