Distrusting minds, skeptical judgments? No evidence for a trust-truth link.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Many daily situations require rapid judgments about whether information is true or false based on limited information. Prior research has predominantly examined how statement and source characteristics influence these judgments. The present study shifts its focus to individuals' stable traits, specifically trust propensity, and its role in shaping truth judgments.

Methods

Across three studies considering different social contexts (N = 679), we investigate whether trust propensity (i.e., one's general tendency to trust others) and the closely related construct of social trust (i.e., one's perception of others in general as more or less trustworthy) are associated with a greater likelihood of judging various statements as true.

Results

Contrary to ex

SUBMITTER: Bertram AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12518263 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature