What is Impostor Syndrome? | Two Minute Papers #46

Who, or what is an impostor? An impostor is a person who deceives others by pretending to be someone else. In this episode, we look in the mind of someone who suffers from impostor syndrome and see the fickle understanding they have of their own achievements. Researchers, academics and high achieving women are especially vulnerable to this condition. There will also be a few words on how to treat it. __________________________ The paper "The imposter phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention" is available here: http://www.suzanneimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Imposter-Phenomenon.pdf An article on Hayden Christensen: http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/hayden-christensen-quit-movies-after-star-wars.html The filmography of Hayden Christensen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Christensen Subscribe if you would like to see more of these! - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=keeroyz Splash screen/thumbnail design: Felícia Fehér - http://felicia.hu Károly Zsolnai-Fehér's links: Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/TwoMinutePapers Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/TwoMinutePapers/ Twitter → https://twitter.com/karoly_zsolnai Web → https://cg.tuwien.ac.at/~zsolnai/