The virtue of intellectual humility is getting a lot of attention. It’s heralded as a part of wisdom, an aid to self-improvement and a catalyst for more productive political dialogue. While ...

Think you know it all? Plato's cave and new psychology research reveal why true self-awareness starts with admitting what you don’t know.

I answered this question along with a few others for Character Lab in a Tip of the Week: What is intellectual humility—and how is it different from just plain humility? Intellectual humility is about ...

One of the skills students need to acquire with increasing sophistication is the evaluation of information they read, obtain online, or are given. This skill is referred to in various ways, including ...

Archiv für Religionspsychologie / Archive for the Psychology of Religion, Vol. 41, No. 3 (November 2019), pp. 194-203 (10 pages) Church, I. M., & Barrett, J. L ...

Being a religious leader means wearing many different hats. At times, their congregations expect them to convey passionate confidence – to be models of faith and strength. But wise leadership also ...

Some people are generally aware of the possibility that they might be misinformed or wrong about something, while others are not. For example, some people have an unwarranted excess of confidence, ...

False or misleading information about COVID-19 spread seemingly as fast as the disease itself. How bad is the problem? A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly a third of adult ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Michael Dickson, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) The virtue of ...