About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of the 'failure gap' and how observers misjudge success after failure.

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, Dr. Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy […] The post The Failure Gap & Its Discontents appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts .

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke

Guest: Rebecca McInroy

Topics covered

• failure gap
• success perception
• psychology
• social psychology
• cognitive biases

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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