As any Harry Potter fan knows, Gryffindors are known for their bravery, Ravenclaws for intelligence, Slytherins for cunning, and Hufflepuffs for being loyal and hardworking. After all, The home you identify with should be based on your personality.
However, this is not entirely true when it comes to cinema. If so, then Neville Longbottom would be Hufflepuff and Hermione Granger would be Ravenclaw. And this is what, speaking of the saga, the Sorting Hat is based on the following theory: the home you are assigned to has nothing to do with your personality, but what traits you value most and who you could be.
Putting this in context, let’s leave the magic aside and move on to real life, because according to several studies, the official website of this saga called Wizard World, which presents us the possibility of passing the Sorting Hat does take into account our decisions in the test about assigning us, as users, to a particular house.
- JK Rowling’s Pottermore expansion is now Wizard World
- Personality of each House of Hogwarts
- Classification ceremony in real life
JK Rowling’s Pottermore expansion is now Wizard World
AndIn 2012, the Pottermore website was launched.while the main series was ending. From the hands of its author, J. K. Rowling, we were given this rather bright interactive website.
It featured Rowling’s new Harry Potter writing and was tied to the release of all seven original books in e-format. It also served as a companion to every film in the saga, with little details about characters, places, and more. It was the Harry Potter encyclopedia that Rowling always promised, but in digital format.
One of the great attractions of this website that you had to go through if you wanted to access the rest of the content was the Sorting Hat. Through a series of quiz questions, the Hat assigns Pottermore users to one of four Hogwarts houses: Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor.
Over the years, Pottermore has never found its footing. The site changed its design and purpose several times and no longer resonated with people, as at first. That’s why the website has announced that it will be moving most of its content and features to WizardingWorld.com.new website launched in summer 2019.
The new site has a Magic Passport that allows users to store their Hogwarts, Patronus, Wand, etc. houses. Everything you had on the other site goes over to the new one.
Personality of each House of Hogwarts
Once we know which test and website we are talking about, it should be noted that Personality traits are relatively stable and enduring internal attributes that make us different from or similar to other people.. They describe who we are, how we react to the environment and how it reacts to us.
However, What personality is associated with each house at Hogwarts? Let’s start with this base to delve into the relationship of personality and Choice Hats.
one. Gryffindors are described as brave and bold. throughout the saga. Psychological research shows that these attributes are associated with several personality traits: extraversion, positivity, openness to experience, and creativity.
2. Hufflepuffs are described as loyal, fair, hardworking and sweet. they are associated with the concepts of justice and kindness in personality psychology, optimism, diligence, efficiency and organization.
3. The House of Ravenclaw values wisdom and a willingness to learn. Therefore, we can assume that students assigned to this house usually people who are ready to debate, solve problems and discuss various ideas.
4. And finally, the Slytherins. They are usually portrayed as the bad guys. Are cunning, smart and will go to any lengths to achieve his goals.
People associated with this personality type will score high on what is known as Dark triad (sounds like science fiction), a psychological concept associated with three personality traits: Machiavellianism, Narcissism and Psychopathy. The basis of the three traits of the Dark Triad is the desire for dominance in society and for self-improvement.
Classification ceremony in real life
Now, knowing all this, let’s see why science, based on several psychological studies, believes that this test really positions you in this or that house, based on aspects of your personality with simple questions, and this is not something absurd and nothing more to satisfy the fans.
And this is what the authors of one of the 2015 studies, which we leave to you below, report that significant links between personality characteristics and belonging to the House, in accordance with the descriptions in the book, already explained.
It is important to note that the Sorting Hat test was not designed for any scientific purposes and includes questions of ambiguous content such as “Dawn or sunset?” D “Heads or tails?”and other complex ones like “If you were to go to Hogwarts, which pet would you take with you?”with many options.
Well, in this study 132 web users were asked which house they were assigned to and then asked to take various personality tests.
All houses except Gryffindor confirmed the expected results.: Hufflepuffs scored higher than others in benevolence and conscientiousness, Ravenclaws in Need to Know, and Slytherins in the Dark Triad.
For any psychologist These results are pretty amazing. Personality tests often ask you about your usual behavior, such as how often you meet people or whether you get angry easily. In the quiz “Magic World”, as you know, there is nothing of the kind.
And the fact that in those personality tests that are sometimes carried out at job interviews, they, on the one hand, are not completely reliable, which means that errors are possible, and on the other hand, they are based on the lies of those who want to get a job. .
So, The Sorting Hat’s decisions are much faster than those of a psychologist. With all this, we see how J.K. Rowling’s understanding of the nature of personality allowed her to create realistic and recognizable characters.
On the other hand, another conducted study that we leave here reaffirms this connection, in which, even if it is a test of the web about the saga, it really reveals your identity and binding to a particular house is quite successful. Participants sought to match those houses that reflected the personality traits they identified with.
It is also true that they clarify that the classification of J.K. Rowling’s characters in different houses seems to fit with already established psychological constructs, despite the lack of training in personality psychology, at least to the best of our knowledge.
It should be noted that although identification processes may be associated with personality traits, little can be learned about this from someone who has been sorted into a particular house at Hogwarts.
The results of the 2015 study are not value judgments, but rather a qualitative psychological assessment. Also, research reflects trends, not universal truths. The exception is Slytherin, which gives a lighter result, represented by aggressiveness and the Dark Triad.
With all this on the table It seems that fans engrossed in the Harry Potter saga may feel something much more real than just fantasy.– concludes the study.
Source: Computer Hoy
