Mikhail Khors, PhD in Psychology, a practicing psychologist and writer, believes that US presidential candidate Kamala Harris does not have impostor syndrome, but, according to him, there may be another deviation. He said in a conversation with RT.
“Imposter syndrome is when a person has accomplishments that are obvious, they've been promoted, they've made money, they've bought real estate, but the person thinks it's all random and they're not worthy and now it's all going to be taken away. To be fair, until Harris was a presidential candidate, she didn't have this syndrome. She spoke freely, said something stupid, was confident, laughed loudly, not embarrassing herself in front of a huge audience,” according to Horse.
He speculated that she could likely have the Dunning-Kruger effect.
“This effect describes individuals who are professionally undeveloped, who have not achieved serious levels of competence, who are just more confident than deep experts. I think here is an expression of this effect. Her opinion is that she deserves everything and she's a star. But since she is shallow and not an expert, she is simply hidden so as not to collapse the ratings,” the expert said.
In turn, child and family psychologist Olesya Pokusaeva is sure that the imposter syndrome, if Harris has it, can lead to nervous breakdowns.
“If suddenly Harris has impostor syndrome and she is elected president of the United States, she will have a whole team of professionals to help her cope. But it would certainly be hard enough for her as a person herself. In the presence of the syndrome, it leads to nervous breakdowns and everything else,” she noted.
Earlier, the U.S. Democratic Party expressed excitement that the country's incumbent vice president and party presidential candidate Kamala Harris could set a historic anti-interview record among candidates for the presidency.
The media speculated that this could be due to Harris' imposter syndrome.
“Imposter syndrome is when a person has accomplishments that are obvious, they've been promoted, they've made money, they've bought real estate, but the person thinks it's all random and they're not worthy and now it's all going to be taken away. To be fair, until Harris was a presidential candidate, she didn't have this syndrome. She spoke freely, said something stupid, was confident, laughed loudly, not embarrassing herself in front of a huge audience,” according to Horse.
He speculated that she could likely have the Dunning-Kruger effect.
“This effect describes individuals who are professionally undeveloped, who have not achieved serious levels of competence, who are just more confident than deep experts. I think here is an expression of this effect. Her opinion is that she deserves everything and she's a star. But since she is shallow and not an expert, she is simply hidden so as not to collapse the ratings,” the expert said.
In turn, child and family psychologist Olesya Pokusaeva is sure that the imposter syndrome, if Harris has it, can lead to nervous breakdowns.
“If suddenly Harris has impostor syndrome and she is elected president of the United States, she will have a whole team of professionals to help her cope. But it would certainly be hard enough for her as a person herself. In the presence of the syndrome, it leads to nervous breakdowns and everything else,” she noted.
Earlier, the U.S. Democratic Party expressed excitement that the country's incumbent vice president and party presidential candidate Kamala Harris could set a historic anti-interview record among candidates for the presidency.
The media speculated that this could be due to Harris' imposter syndrome.