Imposter Syndrome and Self-Deception
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چکیده
Many intelligent, capable, and successful individuals believe that their success is due to luck, fear they will someday be exposed as imposters. A puzzling feature of this phenomenon, comm...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1471-6828', '1470-6828', '0004-8402']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2021.1874445