Larissa Knöchelmann
@lknochelmann.bsky.social
Post-Doc in Political Psychology @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Einstein Research Unit "Coping with Affective Polarization"
Studying intellectual humility and other personality characteristics in the context of political polarization
Einstein Research Unit "Coping with Affective Polarization"
Studying intellectual humility and other personality characteristics in the context of political polarization
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social wrote a nice piece how to make the polarization research better by adding context info and power difference considerations: doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization
The study of political polarization, in both its ideological and its affective expressions, has garnered significantly more interest over the last years. But despite recent research on the conceptual....
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September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social wrote a nice piece how to make the polarization research better by adding context info and power difference considerations: doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
That sounds great, I'll take a look! Did you only investigate one least liked party or did you also allow for several outparties per participant?
August 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
That sounds great, I'll take a look! Did you only investigate one least liked party or did you also allow for several outparties per participant?
Presenting the certificate was one of the last official acts of nadineknab@bluesky.social, who handed over the chairmanship after 5 years of leading the association.
In addition, lucas91@bluesky.social presented our joint project on the winner-loser gap around this year's German federal election.
In addition, lucas91@bluesky.social presented our joint project on the winner-loser gap around this year's German federal election.
June 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Presenting the certificate was one of the last official acts of nadineknab@bluesky.social, who handed over the chairmanship after 5 years of leading the association.
In addition, lucas91@bluesky.social presented our joint project on the winner-loser gap around this year's German federal election.
In addition, lucas91@bluesky.social presented our joint project on the winner-loser gap around this year's German federal election.
But: The intervention did not have an effect on participants reading more opinions counter to their political opinion. Despite self-report and behavior being positively correlated. Thus, future work should seek to enhance effect sizes 🤓
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
But: The intervention did not have an effect on participants reading more opinions counter to their political opinion. Despite self-report and behavior being positively correlated. Thus, future work should seek to enhance effect sizes 🤓
The information text intervention also enhanced the probability of participants expressing their opinion with IH in a written text. For coding, we used the "AI Coder" application developed by igi.bsky.social
Igor Grossmann, PhD (@igi.bsky.social)
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June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The information text intervention also enhanced the probability of participants expressing their opinion with IH in a written text. For coding, we used the "AI Coder" application developed by igi.bsky.social
We replicated the information text intervention even after adding a cover story and with a better powered sample (N › 1600), thanks to a power simulation study by @daniel.heck.bsky.social :)
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We replicated the information text intervention even after adding a cover story and with a better powered sample (N › 1600), thanks to a power simulation study by @daniel.heck.bsky.social :)
We conducted an intervention tournament (N = 1503) and tested 5 interventions suggested in the literature:
Growth mindset, self-distancing, explanatory depth, listing unknowns, and an information text.
Only the information text enhanced participants self-reported political IH.
Growth mindset, self-distancing, explanatory depth, listing unknowns, and an information text.
Only the information text enhanced participants self-reported political IH.
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We conducted an intervention tournament (N = 1503) and tested 5 interventions suggested in the literature:
Growth mindset, self-distancing, explanatory depth, listing unknowns, and an information text.
Only the information text enhanced participants self-reported political IH.
Growth mindset, self-distancing, explanatory depth, listing unknowns, and an information text.
Only the information text enhanced participants self-reported political IH.