People often select a substitute to replace an intended interactant, thereby revealing how they represent their social intentions. Naturally-occurring substitutions preserved the relational model governing the interaction but not the characteristics of individual participants, indicating that social intentions are formulated in terms of relational rather than individual characteristics.
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