At the core of the psychoanalytic process lies the idea that conflicts outside the analytic situation can be resolved through the interpretation of transference. This requires the assumption that the behavior of patients is consistent both within and outside the transference. An article with relevance to understanding the overlap between the transference and extratransference settings was recently published by Leikas, Lönnqvist, and Verkasalo in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The investigators recruited twenty-seven participants ages nineteen to forty-one to assess the relations among personality, interpersonal situations, and behavioral stability. Participants individually met with four different