“Is it in my mind? Or is it society?”: An exploration into how imposter syndrome affects individuals differently depending on their social status or identity, and how this varied experience impacts the perception of an individual’s intelligence.
Best Essay Prize, Tembusu College, 2022
This paper seeks to explore the way some of the themes of ‘UTS2100: Intelligence and Singapore Society’, in particular “Intelligence and Self” and “Nation and the World” are tied closely, by examining how imposter syndrome can impact individuals differently based on their social status and identity and analyse how this impacts their self-perceived intelligence.
