<p>Suppose one person (Person A) were to speak badly of another person (Person B) in conversation with Person C.</p>
<p><em><strong>For example if Person A says that person B is a bad person and that person B is untrustworthy liar and a poor leader.</strong></em></p>
<p>My understanding is that there is a psychological affect wherein person C will &quot;reference&quot; and begin to associate person A similarly to person B.</p>
<p>What if any is the term for this reflective or associative effect?</p>

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2022-10-02T17:26:39.697Z
"begin to associate person A similarly to person C" - did you mean B here instead of C?
Bryan Krause
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2022-10-02T22:37:31.163Z
@BryanKrause thanks for catching that. It was a typeO.
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2022-10-14T04:25:03.337Z
*"My understanding is that there is a psychological affect wherein ..."* – It is your understanding, from where? What have you read which brings you to this?
Chris Rogers
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2022-10-15T18:58:41.980Z
To be honest, I read it online a few weeks ago but I could not find the post where I saw originally. That is why I asked, here to confirm what I had read and get pointed to some documentation or resource.
I recalled that the phenomenon had a name but for the life of me I cannot remember the technical name of it.
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Is there a psychological effect when you speak badly about a person to another person and then that inadvertently reflects back on you?
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# Is there a psychological effect when you speak badly about a person to another person and then that inadvertently reflects back on you?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-01)

Suppose one person (Person A) were to speak badly of another person (Person B) in conversation with Person C.

***For example if Person A says that person B is a bad person and that person B is untrustworthy liar and a poor leader.***

My understanding is that there is a psychological affect wherein person C will "reference" and begin to associate person A similarly to person B.

What if any is the term for this reflective or associative effect?

**Tags:** terminology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "begin to associate person A similarly to person C" - did you mean B here instead of C?  
> **username_0**: @BryanKrause thanks for catching that. It was a typeO.  
> **username_2**: *"My understanding is that there is a psychological affect wherein ..."* – It is your understanding, from where? What have you read which brings you to this?  
> **username_0**: To be honest, I read it online a few weeks ago but I could not find the post where I saw originally. That is why I asked, here to confirm what I had read and get pointed to some documentation or resource. I recalled that the phenomenon had a name but for the life of me I cannot remember the technical name of it.  

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