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Person Theories: Their Temporal Stability and Relation to Intertrait Inferences

This article tests whether individual differences in inferring one trait from another (intertrait inferences) can be linked to lay beliefs about the malleability of personality (person theories). It finds that holding the belief that personality is malleable (incremental theory) rather than fixed (e...

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Published in:	Personality & social psychology bulletin 2008-07, Vol.34 (7), p.965-977
Main Authors:	Poon, Connie S. K., Koehler, Derek J.
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Subjects:	Culture Discrepancies Humans Impression formation Incremental theory Individual differences Individuality Interpersonal Relations Intuition Job performance Lay conceptions Pathology Personality Personality Development Personality tests Short term Stereotypes Stereotyping Students - psychology Surveys and Questionnaires
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