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Intellectual humility in the sociopolitical domain

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Krumrei-Mancuso, Elizabeth J., Newman, Brian·2020·Self and Identity
DOI 10.1080/15298868.2020.1714711
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A growing body of research has demonstrated the relevance of intellectual humility to a variety of interpersonal and social attitudes and behaviors. There is a need for further replication and expansion of findings about the role of intellectual humility in the sociopolitical domain. We examined sociopolitical intellectual humility (SIH), i.e., a non-threatening awareness of the fallibility of one’s views about sociopolitical topics in relation to attitudes toward specific political groups and issues in a U.S. sample of adults (N = 587). We found SIH was distinct from political apathy and indifference and unrelated to belief in under-supported political claims. SIH was associated with less affective polarization with regard to political and religious groups. In addition, SIH was related to more responsiveness to information on the topic of immigration among individuals primed to think from a defense rather than accuracy motivated perspective. Finally, for individuals primed to think about the fallibility of their knowledge specific to immigration, having higher trait levels of SIH was associated with more responsiveness to information on the topic of immigration.

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  • People are unlikely to act in an intellectually humble manner when motivated by strong convictions or when their political, religious or ethical values seem to be challenged.

    “For instance, people are unlikely to act in an intellectually humble manner when motivated by strong convictions or when their political, religious or ethical values seem to be challenged 1,2 .”

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  • People are less likely to exhibit intellectual humility when the stakes are high.

    “Although acknowledging the limits of one's insights might be easy in low- stakes situations, people are less likely to exhibit intellectual humility when the stakes are high.”

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  • Cultivating a spirit of intellectual humility could help to reduce political polarization by reducing ego-defensiveness.

    “Finally, cultivating a spirit of intellectual humility (responding generously and humbly towards others) could help to reduce political polarization by reducing ego-defensiveness135–138.”

    From Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts (2022) · cites this paper as [138]

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Authors
Krumrei-Mancuso, E. J., & Newman, B.
Affiliations
Pepperdine University (US)
Corresponding author
Krumrei-Mancuso, Elizabeth J.
ORCID
Venue
Self and Identity
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2020-01-20
Volume
19
Issue
8
Pages
989-1016
ISSN
  • 1529-8868 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-8876
DOI
10.1080/15298868.2020.1714711
OpenAlex
W3002570214
Cited by
88
References
79
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 3
FWCI
11.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Self and Identity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Pepperdine Digital Commons (Pepperdine University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
University of Connecticut (Subaward agreement (Agreement 145506) from the Uni)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
intellectual humility, affective polarization, political attitudes, religious attitudes, political apathy, accuracy motivation, immigration attitudes

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