#56: Receptiveness to Other Opinions with Julia Minson

Julia Minson studies the psychology of disagreement. In particular, she's been working to understand what sorts of people are receptive to other opinions and how our perceptions of other people's receptiveness can improve conversations. Dr. Minson is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of government.Some things that come up in this episode:StoryCorps and the One Small Step initiative (the clip at the beginning of the episode is from "Family Politics")For a big overview of the kinds of things we discuss, check out a recent review article about receptiveness by Julia and her colleague, Frances Chen (Minson & Chen, in press)The effects of asking questions on receptiveness (Chen, Minson, & Tormala, 2010)Eye contact can foster resistance to persuasion (Chen, Minson, Schöne, & Heinrichs, 2013)Measuring receptiveness to opposing views as a personal trait (Minson, Chen, & Tinsley, 2019)Developing an algorithm to detect receptiveness using language (Yeomans, Minson, et al., 2020) For a transcript of this episode, visit: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/receptiveness-with-julia-minson/Check out my new audio course on Knowable: "The Science of Persuasion."Learn more about Opinion Science at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.Join me over at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OpinionScienceLearn more about Opinion Science and catch up on all the episodes at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/.