Impostor Syndrome
Published on Nov 18, 2015
A slide deck examining the evidence for Imposter Syndrome and suggesting some coping techniques.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHO AM I?
- Uni: 20 girls to 1 boy
- Work: 20 boys to 1 girl
- Attract, retain, develop
- Education, education, education
- F*minism is not a swear word
How did I get here?
- This house believes...
- Sheep vs. goats
- If they haven't thought of it...
Most school debates in Scotland are in the British Parliamentary Style. The proposition and opposition speak to respectively support and oppose a motion stated in the following format, "This house believes that a woman's place is in the home". By assigning teams randomly to one side or the other, it encourages critical thinking and careful construction of argument in which one does not necessarily believe. It's a great way to learn about what's really important to you, and how you can counter the common arguments against your position.
The Australian Sheep-Goat Scale (ASGS) is a questionnaire that is intended to determine the extent to which the respondent believes in the paranormal (it's original creator was Michael Thalbourne).
The Australian Sheep-Goat Scale (ASGS) is a questionnaire that is intended to determine the extent to which the respondent believes in the paranormal (it's original creator was Michael Thalbourne).
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Impostor Syndrome: The fear that your qualifications and achievements are overestimated by others. Leads to feeling of being a fraud and fear of being exposed. Tendency to blame successes on luck and failures on self.
Clance, P.R. & Imes, S. (1978). The impostor phenomenon in high achieving women: Dynamics and therapeutic intervention. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 15, 241–247.
The accompanying photo is of Amanda Palmer, a musician and blogger, who writes prolifically about her experiences as a creative person navigating a new, and sometimes controversial, business model.
The accompanying photo is of Amanda Palmer, a musician and blogger, who writes prolifically about her experiences as a creative person navigating a new, and sometimes controversial, business model.
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It's not me, it's you.
OR, WHERE DOES THIS ALL BEGIN...
Source of PISA information: www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/PIF-2014-gender-international-version.pdf
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Men persistently perceived female managers as being less knowledgeable and possessing poorer management skills than male managers (regardless of actual performance)
Harriman, A. (1996), Women/Men/Management, 2nd edn, Westport, CN.:
Praeger.
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When women were rated, their performance was rated less accurately by raters with stereotyped views of women (did not apply to men)
Dobbins, G. H., Cardy, R. L., & Truxillo, D. M. (1988). The effects of purpose of appraisal and individual differences in stereotypes of women on sex differences in performance ratings: A laboratory and field study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73, 551558.
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IT'S NOT HOPELESS
- Unconsciously biased
- Moving the goalposts
- It's positive, not discrimination
- Men are from Earth
- Women are from Earth
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Impostor Syndrome goes right to the root of what it means to be a girl, then a woman, in Western society. We are a product of that culture, but we also contribute to it. Awareness of our own attitudes, beliefs, and unconscious biases (even against ourselves) is the first step towards understanding the impact our culture has on everyone else.
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