Learn why Gabor Maté got scorned - The Halo and the Horns Effect

March 4 expert on childhood-trauma, dr. Gabor Maté sat down with prince Harry in an online broadcast private session. Maté got severe backlash for doing this, to the point of him having regrets for participating in the event in the first place. Did negative associations with Harry make Maté seem guilty? With this as an example we discuss 'the Halo and the Horns' effect. Get ready for some biblical references and learn why Gabor Maté got scorned for his interview with Prince Harry.

Maté told his story of regret last week on the UK based Steven Bartlett Podcast called The Diary Of A CEO. In the podcast Gabor talks about how the UK tabloids coverage of his session with Harry ánd the fact that the session would not be permitted to be made public for fear of legal repercussions, were his main regrets.

But the story does not end there. When we go looking for the actual negative stories Gabor mentioned, our search engine turns up zero hits. Have they all been censored away? By the newspapers or by the search engines? One clip did turn up however. That of another UK based podcaster called Stef the Alter Nerd who actually saw the online session between Gabor and Harry and who showed actual newspaper clips in her show, through which a different story appears to be told. A story of both Harry and Gabor apparently discussing the virtues of a psychedelic drug called ayahuasca. Could the backlash on that be the reason for Maté's regret?

'The Halo and the Horns effect' in this interview is explained using the example of the Gabor Maté conversation with Steven Bartlett. Maté is a lifelong specialist in his field, well worth listening to. Was a halo effect affecting our judgement in choosing this example?

Harry meanwhile is busy selling his new book. His memoir. Did Harry perhaps arrange the uproar to sell some more copies? Or is that the horns effect affecting our judgement?

What do you think?

This interview is part of a series of talks about psychological phenomena: Psychology in Practise: https://followthescience.nl/psychology-in-practice.html

Links:
– dr. Gabor Maté https://drgabormate.com/
- The private session between Gabor Maté and Harry of Sussex discussed;
“Prince Harry Was Traumatised!” | Dr. Gabor Maté On Childhood Trauma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMltMrq8Ejo
- The private session discussed by 'Stef the alter nerd' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKDhBsD2gX4
- the original session discussed on Yahoo news https://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-gabor-mate-reactions-conversation-spare-book-182916201.html