About this episode

This episode discusses the concept of 'the failure gap' and its implications based on a study by Eskreis-Winkler and colleagues.

In a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Eskreis-Winkler and colleagues describe what they call “the failure gap” — the consistent finding that outside observers dramatically overestimate how often people succeed after failing. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman, describes the study and implications of […] The post The Failure Gap appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts .

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Art Markman

Topics covered

• failure
• psychology
• success
• perception
• social psychology

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Organizations: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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