The causality implicit in traits
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چکیده
• Traits are ambiguously descriptions of behaviors or persons, or causes of behaviors. • Past research suggests traits function as causes, when people judge causal relations. • But would this occur if “causality” were not explicit in the instructions. • Lexical decisions were faster for behaviors primed by traits in causal lists. • Results suggest automatic activation of causal relations between traits and behaviors. • Traits’ meanings implicitly include causing behaviors.
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