Essay On Interpersonal Trust

Interpersonal trust is an important concept that, if further understood, can give a greater insight into how human relationships work and the processes that lead to decision making in social situations. Interpersonal trust can be defined as the belief that the person who is being trusted will do what is expected or desired, and entails the interaction between two parties: party one, the trustor, who is willing to rely in the actions of party two, the trustee. Furthermore, for a trust situation to be established, the trustor has to abandon control over the actions performed by the trustee, which will lead to an uncertainty on sides of the trustor, leading to a risk situation that may occur, if the trustee does not behave as wanted (Mayer et al. (1995); Bamberger, Walter (2010)). Another widely accepted definition of trust, is that it is a psychological state that comprises of an intention to accept vulnerability based upon the positive expectations of the intentions or behaviour of another party (Rousseau, Sitkin, Burt & Camerer, 1998, p.395). Definitions of trust include two parties, a vulnerability or risk and an expectation or desired outcome.
Human beings are social animals, and studies such as Dawson-Rose et al. (2016), identify ‘long-term and trusting relationship as an essential part of HIV treatment’. …show more content…
For example, our understanding of interpersonal trust behaviour can also aid our understanding and help develop treatments for disorders such as autism and Williams’s syndrome, in which interpersonal communication is affected. In fields of research, such as economic psychology, trust may hold the key to understanding how investments are made and how buyers and sellers interact with each other. Understanding these in further detail may help economists how sellers can maximise their