They fear that their colleagues will find out they are not as smart as they seem
What is it?
The "Impostor effect"
The "imposter Effect"
or "imposter Syndrome"
By Ernesto Arellano
-Successful professionals
-Mainly successful women
-Female students
-Certain minorities
Ways to deal with it
-realize you are not alone
-internalize external validation
-have a sense of humor
-Take stock of your success
The imposter effect is when a successful individual believes their success only occurred due to "coincidence, or luck"
Why Does it occur?
-Sex-Role stereotypes
-Double standards
-Sexism
-Seen as a mistake, or inner doubt of their own abilities