"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Severus Snape vs. Gilderoy Lockhart in the Dueling Club Scene.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPhYhKdJ7k Chosen Theme: Hindsight bias/Self-Perception and Self Presentation Summary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295297/ Harry Potter is a wizard who attends the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This clip depicts a scene within the second movie of the franchise where Gilderoy Lockhart depicts certain ideas found within social psychology. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, conducts the first meeting of the Dueling Club with the Potions professor, Severus Snape. During the demonstration between the two professors, Lockhart displays the hindsight bias, where the outcome of a situation seems obvious after the event has occurred. …show more content…
Additionally, his relax posture and smug look before the hit indicates his lack of prediction to the attack and confidence about winning. On another note, later in the movie, Lockhart’s lack of knowledge about magic becomes apparent, reinforcing the hindsight bias during the dueling demonstration. In addition, Gilderoy’s self perception is that he thinks he is a genius and a very skilled wizard. In reality, he is rather unintelligent, lazy and arrogant. However, Gilderoy’s opinion of himself that he wants to present to others, or his self presentation mimics his self perception. For example, he takes command of problems that he has no solution for and makes it worst by trying to use his limited skills in magic with regards to the snake appearing and his failure in attempting to make it disappear leading to more problems to ensue. In this