Question 1

The classic Mayer, Davis, and Schoorman (1995) model defines trust along which three trustworthiness dimensions?

Accepted Answer

Ability, benevolence, integrity. Their influential paper conceptualized trustworthiness as a combination of perceived ability (competence), benevolence (caring), and integrity (principled behavior).

Question 2

Psychologist Julian Rotter's mid-twentieth-century work introduced what concept relevant to trust?

Accepted Answer

Generalized interpersonal trust scale. Rotter developed an early Interpersonal Trust Scale to measure people's generalized expectancies about whether others can be relied upon.

Question 3

John Rempel and John Holmes' research distinguished three components of trust in close relationships. Which is generally considered the deepest?

Accepted Answer

Faith. Rempel and Holmes proposed a developmental sequence: predictability of behavior, dependability of the person, and faith — confidence in their continued caring under uncertainty.

Question 4

Brené Brown's popular acronym BRAVING describes elements of trust. What does the 'V' in BRAVING typically stand for?

Accepted Answer

Vault — keeping confidences. In Brown's framework, the Vault refers to confidentiality: trustworthy people don't share what was told to them in confidence and don't share other people's stories without permission.

Question 5

Behavioral economists often study trust using which experimental paradigm developed in the 1990s by Berg, Dickhaut, and McCabe?

Accepted Answer

Trust game. In the Trust Game, one player sends money to another, with whatever they send tripled and then partly returned. It became a workhorse for studying trust and trustworthiness.

Question 6

Roy Lewicki and colleagues describe trust in working relationships as moving through which sequence?

Accepted Answer

Calculative, knowledge-based, identification-based. Lewicki and Bunker's model traces trust from a calculative stage (cost-benefit), through knowledge-based trust, to identification-based trust where the parties share goals and values.

Question 7

John Gottman's research highlights that trust in couples is built largely through what kind of moments?

Accepted Answer

Small everyday bids for connection that are reliably answered. In Gottman's framework, trust accumulates as partners reliably 'turn toward' bids — the small, often mundane moments of seeking attention and support.

Question 8

Repair after rupture is considered crucial in trust research. Studies of relationships suggest what about apologies?

Accepted Answer

Sincere, specific, accountable apologies meaningfully aid repair. Research on apologies and forgiveness — by scholars like Everett Worthington and Frank Fincham — suggests detailed, accountable apologies, combined with changed behavior, contribute substantially to trust repair.

Question 9

Studies of self-disclosure consistently show that, within reason, gradually revealing more about yourself does what for trust?

Accepted Answer

Tends to increase intimacy and reciprocal trust over time. Research originating with Sidney Jourard and refined since suggests reciprocal, paced self-disclosure is a key engine of growing closeness and trust.

Question 10

Neuroeconomic studies have linked which hormone to behaviors associated with interpersonal trust?

Accepted Answer

Oxytocin. Researchers like Paul Zak have associated oxytocin with prosocial behavior and trust in laboratory studies, though the broader picture is more nuanced than the popular 'trust hormone' label suggests.

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