The Upside of Being Awkward

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We can all be pretty awkward. Right? Here we cover the psychology of awkwardness. But it's not all bad news. It’s a good thing that we’re aware of ourselves and care about how others perceive us. Feeling awkward can push us to sharpen our social skills. 👌

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This episode was written by Bahar Gholipour, filmed by Dominique Taylor, edited, hosted and produced by Vanessa Hill.

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Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness, by Melissa Dahl http://amzn.to/2FRoLYT


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Gilovich, T., Medvec, V. H., & Savitsky, K. (2000). The spotlight effect in social judgment: An egocentric bias in estimates of the salience of one's own actions and appearance. Journal of personality and social psychology, 78(2), 211. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3d2a...

Brooks, A. W. (2014). Get excited: Reappraising pre-performance anxiety as excitement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(3), 1144. ttps://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45869

Awkward: The science of why we're socially awkward and why that's awesome by Ty Tashiro http://amzn.to/2G6fZJW