1. Association of oneself with the feelings, situation, characteristics, etc. of another person or group of people. 2. The transferring of a response from one situation to another because the two bear similar features. 3. The lowest level of reasoning is the inability to differentiate.
glossary
1. The condition of being a certain person or thing. 2. The set of characteristics by which a person or thing is definitively recognizable or known. 3. The set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as a member of a group. 3. The personality of an individual.