Background Information
What does IH stand for?
(Intellectual Humility — the tendency to lack overconfidence, acknowledge limitations of one's knowledge, and recognize others may have more expertise)
Did researchers expect children to prefer the IH or IA individual?
IH
How many children participated in Study 1?
111
At what age did the preference for IH first emerge?
5.49 years in Study 1 / 5.5 in Study 2
What is the password to the lab computers?
L1b3rmanL@b24
From as early as what age do children prefer confident individuals over hesitant ones?
Age 2
What did researchers expect would happen to the preference for IH as children got older?
It was expected to strengthen with age
Name the four ratings children were asked about after each trial
Who they liked more, who was smarter, who was nicer, who they would rather learn from
Which age group(range) was most consistent in choosing IH across all four ratings and trials?
8 to 11 year olds
What platform do we use to contact participants for new studies?
RedCap
What does research say children interpret confidence as a signal of?
Trustworthiness and credibility
What age group was NOT expected to show a strong or consistent preference either way?
4 and 5 year olds
What was the key difference in how the IH and IA adults responded?
The IH adult said "pretty sure" and was open to being wrong; the IA adult said "definitely sure" and said it could not be anything else
Did the child's gender or the adult's gender affect the results?
No — boys and girls responded the same way regardless of the adult's gender
Which graduate student studies accent?
Zoe C!
What two cognitive developments between ages 4–11 may explain a growing appreciation for IH?
Theory of mind and metacognition
Children were expected to prefer IH in both studies — what was different about the two studies that made this prediction meaningful?
Study 1 used knowledge children might possess; Study 2 used knowledge children could not possibly have
Why did researchers keep both adults equally warm and friendly?
So that only their level of certainty differed
What happened to the preference for IH when accuracy was completely removed in Study 2?
Children 5.5 and older still preferred the IH individual — humility alone was enough to drive the preference
How many windows are in the lab?
3 (drawn)
What were the two open questions left by prior research that this study aimed to address?
The exact age of onset and whether the preference was truly about humility or just accuracy
If Study 2 had shown children NO longer preferred the humble adult when accuracy was removed, what would that have told us about children's preference in Study 1?
It would have meant children weren't valuing humility as a trait — they were just tracking who was more likely to be correct
What was the one key change between Study 1 and Study 2 and why was that change necessary?
Ambiguous objects and words were replaced with nonsensical ones — to rule out accuracy as an alternative explanation
The preference for IH was slightly weaker in Study 2 than Study 1 — what does that suggest?
Accuracy adds to how much children favor the humble person, but humility alone is still enough to drive the preference
Name the most acronyms for lab studies!
Options: CAP, OLF, NBS, CIA, FEPPY, BS, IH, CRN, FNP, PBC