APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

Testing the Influence and Malleability of Intellectual Humility for Bridging Socio-Political Divides

Saturday, May 30, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · Identity, Culture & Social Inequality

Intellectual humility offers a promising antidote to social division, but much about it remains to be explored. Four investigations spanning German and U.S. populations from adolescence to adulthood illuminate intellectual humility’s links with political processes and test new interventions to increase it.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Tenelle PorterChair
    Rowan University

Presentations

  1. Political Intellectual Humility Mitigates Polarization Dynamics without Undermining Political EngagementLarissa Knöchelmann
  2. Intellectual Humility Predicts Lower Support for Extreme Political ActionsJonah Koetke
  3. Does Fallibility Salience Reduce Myside Bias In Responses to Misinformation?Lea Nahon
  4. A Values-and-Norms Intervention Promotes Adolescents’ Intellectual Humility and Open-Mindedness Tenelle Porter