#34: Opinions of Ourselves with Ken DeMarree

Ken DeMarree studies how opinion science applies how we see ourselves. He’s an associate professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo. In our conversation, we talk about how opinion science can be used to understand things like self-esteem, how people sometimes desire opinions they currently disagree with, and how some people just tend to be pretty confident in their views. Things we mention in this episode:California’s Self-Esteem Task Force (Guardian; NYT; The Cut)The psycholog...