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Measuring Children's Trust in Testimony
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Judith Danovitch and Nicholaus Noles—University of Louisville How does a person learn about the world around them? One way is through direct observation and exploration. However, not every piece of information can be observed firsthand. Instead, a person must often rely on other people as information sources. This is particularly true for children who have so many questions about the world around them, yet have limited means of accessing the answers. Thus, children must...
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The Concept of Investor Trust
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2026
Investor trust is fundamental to the stability and efficiency of financial markets. It represents investors' confidence in financial institutions, advisors, and market systems to operate ethically, transparently, and in their best interests. Trust influences investment behaviors, capital allocation, and market participation, making it a key determinant of financial market dynamics. When investors trust financial institutions and market mechanisms, they are more likely to commit capital, accept...
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The Collective Trust Game: An Online Group Adaptation of the Trust Game Based on the HoneyComb Paradigm
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2022
The Collective Trust Game is a computer-based, multi-agent trust game based on the HoneyComb paradigm, which enables researchers to assess the emergence of collective trust and related constructs, such as fairness, reciprocity, or forward-signaling. The game allows detailed observations of group processes through movement behavior in the game.
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High-resolution Live Imaging of Cell Behavior in the Developing Neuroepithelium
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2012
Imaging embryonic tissue in real-time is challenging over long periods of time. Here we present an assay for monitoring cellular and sub-cellular changes in chick spinal cord for long periods with high spatial and temporal resolution. This technique can be adapted for other regions of the nervous system and developing embryo.
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Sustainable Development
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2019
As the human population continues to grow and use resources, we must be mindful of our planet’s natural limits. Sustainable development provides a pathway to maintain and improve human life now while also ensuring that future generations will have the resources that they need. The long-term success of sustainability efforts rests on understanding the interplay between human actions and ecological systems. The oceans are one important focus of global conservation efforts. Overfishing,...
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Repeated interactions allow people to compare what another person says or does over time. Consistency makes behavior more predictable, while responsiveness and fulfilled commitments provide cumulative evidence that reliance may be safe. In psychological research, this pattern helps explain how expectations become strengthened through experience rather than depending on a single favorable encounter.
A broken commitment can weaken existing trust because it conflicts with expectations formed through earlier interactions. It may also reshape those expectations, leading someone to rely less, communicate differently, or reassess whether future cooperation is safe. This makes violations important for understanding both changes in relationships and responses to uncertainty.
Trust helps people decide whether to rely on another person, group, or institution when future behavior cannot be known completely. Expectations based on reliability, honesty, and concern can support cooperation and relationship formation, while uncertainty or violations can complicate conflict resolution and decision-making. These connections make trust a central topic in psychology.
Researchers can examine patterns across interactions, including whether commitments are fulfilled, communication remains clear, responses are attentive, and behavior stays consistent. These observations help connect interpersonal experiences with changing expectations about reliance. Studying such patterns also clarifies how trust relates to cooperation, conflict resolution, and decisions made when outcomes remain uncertain.
In clinical relationships, trust can shape whether people feel safe relying on another person, while in education it can influence how participants engage in relationships built through communication and responsiveness. Examining these processes helps psychology understand relationship formation and supports interventions intended to strengthen social connection and collaborative behavior in both settings.
Trust development provides a framework for examining cooperation in organizational teamwork and communication in online settings, where people may evaluate reliability and responsiveness across interactions. It also informs interventions designed to strengthen social connection and collaborative behavior. These applications extend psychological research beyond individual relationships to groups, institutions, and mediated communication.