Generalized trust is closer to expectation than to relationship-specific trust

Evidence

Generalized trust is, at best, like trust in government in the following sense: We are merely confident that most of those with whom we might interact will be at least moderately trustworthy. It is not truly generalized but has scope constraints. Those who rely on generalized trust for explanations of various things must grant that their claims depend on context. Hence they are saying, for example, that middleclass Americans are likely to be trustworthy with respect to certain kinds of things, so that other middle-class Americans can relatively safely rely on them. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 807 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

In the substantial literature on the subject, generalized trust is loosely seen as unspecific trust in generalized others, including strangers (Rotter 1980). From various experimental studies and surveys, it is supposed by many social scientists that Americans have higher levels of generalized trust than do people in many other societies (see, for example, Fukuyama 1995; Yamagishi and Yamagishi 1994). — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 792 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Generalized trust actually operates with scoped contextual constraints — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 807; What passes for generalized trust is conditional optimism that collapses with context; Fine-grained discrimination of whom to trust limits the role of noncognitive trust. (+4 more)

Related

• Generalized trust actually operates with scoped contextual constraints (similarity 0.94)
• What passes for generalized trust is conditional optimism that collapses with context (similarity 0.93)
• Generalized trust is defined as unspecific trust in strangers (similarity 0.93)
• Survey claims of generalized trust conceal strict contextual limits (similarity 0.92)
• Generalized trust is noncognitive and nonrelational by definition (similarity 0.89)
• Generalized trust means trust toward strangers beyond one’s known circle. (similarity 0.88)
• Trust is always context-specific, never genuinely generalized (similarity 0.87)
• Survey items on generalized trust necessarily restrict the range of trustable matters (similarity 0.85)
• Generalized social trust lacks grounding in specific relationships. (similarity 0.85)
• Meaningful trust requires expectations particular to the specific person, not generalized optimism. (similarity 0.84)
• Widespread trust consists of pockets of dyadic relationships, not generalized sentiment (similarity 0.84)
• Most people experience trust as relationship-bound, not generalized (similarity 0.83)
• Generalized distrust is more rational than generalized trust. (similarity 0.83)
• Cross-national trust comparisons measure different questions in each society (similarity 0.83)
• Trust operates through generalization that detaches from specific experience (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Generalized trust actually operates with scoped contextual constraints #qualifies (0.75) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 807
• What passes for generalized trust is conditional optimism that collapses with context #complicates (0.72)
• Generalized trust is defined as unspecific trust in strangers #contradicts (0.72) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 792
• Fine-grained discrimination of whom to trust limits the role of noncognitive trust. #complicates (0.70)