That’s a great observation! I heard about the judges, then about ego depletion, then about ego depletion not being replicated, but I wouldn’t make the connection myself.
My guess (I don’t feel much certainty about this) would be that ego depletion is about frustration, and that the same task can feel differently frustrating for different people. Maybe some participants in the experiment didn’t mind doing some tasks, which is why their “ego” didn’t get “depleted”. But a daily job is different than an experiment.
That’s a great observation! I heard about the judges, then about ego depletion, then about ego depletion not being replicated, but I wouldn’t make the connection myself.
My guess (I don’t feel much certainty about this) would be that ego depletion is about frustration, and that the same task can feel differently frustrating for different people. Maybe some participants in the experiment didn’t mind doing some tasks, which is why their “ego” didn’t get “depleted”. But a daily job is different than an experiment.