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spontaneous trait transference: a standalone construct

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spontaneous traittransference1 CONSTRUCTSpontaneous traitSKOWRONSKI · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

communicators become associated with the traits they describe in other people, even though they are only the messenger.

In social psychology, spontaneous trait transference refers to communicators become associated with the traits they describe in other people, even though they are only the messenger. This meaning comes from Skowronski (1998) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Skowronski, J. J., Carlston, D. E., Mae, L., & Crawford, M. T. (1998). Spontaneous trait transference: Communicators take on the qualities they describe in others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(4), 837-848. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.74.4.837

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