Trust (social science)

Trust (social science)

Trust is the willingness of one party (the trustor) to become vulnerable to another party (the trustee) on the presumption that the trustee will act in ways that benefit the trustor. In addition, the trustor does not have control over the actions of the trustee. Scholars distinguish between generalized trust (also known as social trust), which is the extension of trust to a relatively large circle of unfamiliar others, and particularized trust, which is contingent on a specific situation or a specific relationship.

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enTrust is the willingness of one party (the trustor) to become vulnerable to another party (the trustee) on the presumption that the trustee will act in ways that benefit the trustor. In addition, the trustor does not have control over the actions of the trustee. Scholars distinguish between generalized trust (also known as social trust), which is the extension of trust to a relatively large circle of unfamiliar others, and particularized trust, which is contingent on a specific situation or a specific relationship.
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enTrust is the willingness of one party (the trustor) to become vulnerable to another party (the trustee) on the presumption that the trustee will act in ways that benefit the trustor. In addition, the trustor does not have control over the actions of the trustee. Scholars distinguish between generalized trust (also known as social trust), which is the extension of trust to a relatively large circle of unfamiliar others, and particularized trust, which is contingent on a specific situation or a specific relationship. As the trustor is uncertain about the outcome of the trustee's actions, the trustor can only develop and evaluate expectations. Such expectations are formed with a view to the motivations of the trustee, dependent on their characteristics, the situation, and their interaction. The uncertainty stems from the risk of failure or harm to the trustor if the trustee does not behave as desired. In the social sciences, the subtleties of trust are a subject of ongoing research. In sociology and psychology, the degree to which one party trusts another is a measure of belief in the honesty, fairness, or benevolence of another party. The term "confidence" is more appropriate for a belief in the competence of the other party. A failure in trust may be forgiven more easily if it is interpreted as a failure of competence rather than a lack of benevolence or honesty. In economics, trust is often conceptualized as reliability in transactions. In all cases, trust is a heuristic decision rule, allowing the human to deal with complexities that would require unrealistic effort in rational reasoning.
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archive.org/details/AmITrust1950
www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-soc-082120-082850
www.stonybrook.edu/trust/
ventureteambuilding.co.uk/trust-fall/
web.archive.org/web/20081031132531/http:/web.missouri.edu/~jamesha/trust/index.htm
lse.academia.edu/AlexGillespie/Papers/1347655/The_intersubjective_dynamics_of_trust_distrust_and_manipulation
lse.academia.edu/AlexGillespie/Papers/1347711/Trust_and_distrust_in_society
web.archive.org/web/20051125014252/http:/www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/papers/trustbook.html
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Accountability
Analysis paralysis
Annette Baier
Annual Review of Political Science
annurev-polisci-051921-102842
Anticipation
Attachment disorder
Attachment theory
Bounded rationality
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Category:Concepts in ethics
Category:Emotions
Category:Interpersonal relationships
Category:Moral psychology
Category:Reputation management
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Category:Social epistemology
Category:Sociological terminology
Community
Contact hypothesis
Cooperation
Credulity
Cristina Bicchieri
Diego Gambetta
Disposition
Divorce
E-commerce
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic inequality
Economics
Erik Erikson
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
Ethnic diversity
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Forgive
Generalized trust
George Akerlof
Government agency
Gullibility
Heuristic
Information system
Information theory
In-group and out-group
Ingroup favoritism
In-group favoritism
Institutional trust
Intimacy
Knowledge sharing
Late modernity
Leap of faith
Marilynn Brewer
Marital breakdown
Mentorship
Meta-analysis
Misplaced trust
Motivation
Nash equilibrium
Neighbourhood
Neuroscience
Normalization process theory
Optimism
Organizational culture
Oxytocin
Pareto efficiency
Personal boundaries
Position of trust
Post-modernity
Power (philosophy)
Prisoner's Dilemma
Profit margin
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Reinhard Bachmann
Self-categorization theory
Self-interest
Sexual abuse
Sexual desire
Sexual victimization
Skepticism
Skill
Social capital
Social complexity
Social constructs
Social entity
Social identity
Social identity approach
Social identity theory
Social influence
Social psychology
Sociology
Source criticism
Stereotype
Sviatoslav I
Swift trust theory
Systems
The Market for Lemons
Trusted system
Trust metric
Uncertainty
Unilateralism
Wikt:bilateral
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Confiança
Confiança
Confiance
Confianza
Confianza
Dôvera
Důvěra
Enfotu
Fertrouwen
Fiducia
Güven (sosyoloji)
Konfiantza
Konfido
Luottamus
Povjerenje
Povjerenje
Q659974
Tillid
Trust (social science)
Usaldus
Vertrauen
Vertrouwen
Zaufanie
Εμπιστοσύνη
Давер
Доверие
Доверие
Довіра
Поверење
Тәрбиедегі сенім
Шанăç
Վստահություն
אמון
بھروسا
ثقة (علم الاجتماع)
ನಂಬಿಕೆ
信任
信頼
신뢰
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