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correspondent inference theory  

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  • Definition A correspondent inference, sometimes also called a correspondent trait inference, is a judgment that a person's personality matches or corresponds to his or her behavior. For example, if we notice that Taliyah is behaving in a friendly manner and we infer that she has a friendly personality, we have made, or drawn, a correspondent inference. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Correspondent Inference Theory]

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