ir partners. In another study the same analysis was expanded to include spouses’ reports on a variety of effective states, attitudes and the behavior of their partners. It was demonstrated that the degree of projection increased with the increase of magnitude of the correlation between the self-views of the spouses. A cognitive process that accounts for this finding is proposed, along with a view of projection as a heuristic device rather that a bias. I believe this to be true and I think that we should continue to study person perception. It is very interesting to me to read about how and why we choose to be friends with different people....