This week, you will analyze a three- to five-minute segment of a movie or a tele

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This week, you will analyze a three- to five-minute segment of a movie or a television episode depicting self-serving bias and self-perception. It doesnt matter which movie.After watching the movie segment, create a report on your analysis. In your report:

Mention the name of the movie.

Describe the setting and overall storyline of the movie. Describe the main characters in the observed movie section.

Describe the situation that you analyzed and interpret the action of the characters depicting self-serving bias and self-perception. Draw conclusions based on social psychological concepts and theories.

Explanation / Answer

Clueless is a teen film of the 90's (1995), which is a perfect example of self serving bias, especially in adolescents.

The protagonist of the movie is Cher, who is a young and affluent teenager, who is of the belief that her interventions in other peoples lives and business is rudimentary as they are so helpless and clueless, without her much needed assistance. She goes on to interfere in other peoples lives, her one tactic works out and actually produces positive results.

But when a new admission, Tai, walks in Cher takes it as an onus to 'mend' Tais' apparent disheveled life, which inadvertently blows up in Cher's own face to show her that she is the one who has been clueless all along. Her self Serving bias as well as Confirmation bias makes her so blind towards what she is actually doing, that to bloat up her esteem, and appear as the helpful kind only hurts her in the end.

The movie is a comedy that caters Confirmation bias and Self serving bias in a satirical and funny sense.  

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