Psychology of Trust

Joseph P. Forgas is the Scientia Professor of Social Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research has focussed on the influence of cognitive and emotional factors on social behaviour and judgements. He has published more than 30 books and over 300 articles and book chapters, and he is a frequent contributor to media and online publications on the role of social psychology in understanding contemporary social and political issues. He was awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of his scientific and social contributions, and also received the APS Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize (Germany) and a Rockefeller Fellowship.

• ContentsPART 1. ORIGINS, FUNCTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF TRUSTChapter 1. The psychology of trust: Origins, functions and consequences.Joseph P.Forgas (University of New South Wales).Chapter 2. Trust, its origins, and the tethered mind. Vinod Goel (York University, Canada). Chapter 3. Trust versus rationality. David Dunning (University of Michigan), Thomas Schlösser (South Westphalia University) and Detlef Fetchenhauer (University of Cologne).Chapter 4. Do Conceptualizations and Measures of Trust Reflect a WEIRD Bias?Ying Lin (Hong Kong University) and Michele Gelfand (Stanford University). PART 2. COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL INFLUENCES ON TRUSTChapter 5. Heuristic trust. Joachim I. Krueger (Brown University), A. M. Evans (Allstate Corporation) and B. Aizenberg B. (Brown University). Chapter 6. What can game-theoretical experiments tell us about trust?Klaus Fiedler, (Heidelberg University).Chapter 7. Trust and Contested Beliefs: The Role of Actively Open-Minded ThinkingStanovich, Keith (University of Toronto) and Maggie E. Toplak (York University) Chapter 8. Affective influences on trust-related judgments and decisions.Forgas, Joseph Paul (University of New South Wales, Australia).PART 3. TRUST IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPSChapter 9. The Development of Romantic Trust Lorne Campbell & Omar Camanto (University of Western Ontario) Chapter 10. Conceptualising trust in the context of close relationships.Rempel, John K. (St Jerome University, Canada). Chapter 11. An Attachment Perspective on trust and compliance: Secure and insecure forms of compliance towards partners and governmental institutionsMario Mikulincer (Hebrew University), Shir Zur (Baruch Iver School of Psychology) and Philip R Shaver (University of California) Chapter 12. Trust as a personal resource – A Mathew effect of believing in the well-meaning of others. Detlef Fetchenhauer (University of Cologne), David Dunning (University of Michigan), Paschalia Georgantsi, Thomasz Graczyk & Thomas Schlösser (South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences)PART 4. TRUST IN SOCIETY AND CULTUREChapter 13. Social Identity, Depersonalized Trust, and Social Cohesion Marilynn B. Brewer (University of California) Chapter 14. The Demise of Trust: Trustworthiness, the Internet, and self-deceptionWilliam D. Crano and Tehreem Riffat (Claremont Graduate University). Chapter 15. The Disruption of Trust: The Digital Erosion of Civic NormsDanit Finkelstein, Lee Jussim, Sonia Yanovsky, Dulberg Z. Fihrer, and Joel Finkelstein (Rutgers University, and Network Contagion Research Institute). Chapter 16. On the interplay of (dis)trust, conspiracy beliefs, and populism: Fueling political divides