Why so cynical? Asymmetric feedback underlies misguided skepticism regarding the trustworthiness of others

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-193

  Fetchenhauer, Detlef ^a,b   Dunning, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynicism; Economic games; Experience sampling; Social prediction; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; TRUST;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 77951274013     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609358586     Document Type: Article

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