Intellectual Humility in the Eyes of Others: Implications for Social Perception and Trust

Key Points

• To explore how perceived intellectual humility affects social evaluations and identify conditions of influence.
• Review of existing literature on intellectual humility and social perception.
• Identifying conditions affecting the relationship between perceived IH and social evaluations.
• Discussing implications for future research directions regarding identity and culture.
• Perceived intellectual humility improves social evaluations in both everyday and expert contexts.
• High levels of perceived IH can sometimes lead to negative judgments in certain conditions.
• Future research should focus on the interplay of identity, authenticity, and cultural factors in perceived IH.