Survey claims of generalized trust conceal strict contextual limits

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Generalized trust actually operates with scoped contextual constraints — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 807; Survey items on generalized trust necessarily restrict the range of trustable matters; What passes for generalized trust is conditional optimism that collapses with context (+1 more)

Related

• Generalized trust actually operates with scoped contextual constraints (similarity 0.95)
• Generalized trust is closer to expectation than to relationship-specific trust (similarity 0.92)
• What passes for generalized trust is conditional optimism that collapses with context (similarity 0.91)
• Survey items on generalized trust necessarily restrict the range of trustable matters (similarity 0.88)
• Imprecise survey questions manufacture the illusion of generalized trust (similarity 0.88)
• Trust is always context-specific, never genuinely generalized (similarity 0.85)
• Generalized trust is defined as unspecific trust in strangers (similarity 0.85)
• Survey measures of generalized trust are misdescribed artifacts of vague questions. (similarity 0.84)
• Generalized trust is noncognitive and nonrelational by definition (similarity 0.84)
• Standard survey measures of generalized trust actually gauge perceived decency, not trust (similarity 0.83)
• Survey trust questions conflate encapsulated-interest trust with generalized trust. (similarity 0.82)
• Cross-national trust comparisons measure different questions in each society (similarity 0.81)
• Generalized trust means trust toward strangers beyond one’s known circle. (similarity 0.80)
• Trust operates through generalization that detaches from specific experience (similarity 0.79)
• Most people experience trust as relationship-bound, not generalized (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Generalized trust actually operates with scoped contextual constraints #corroborates (0.95) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 807
• Survey items on generalized trust necessarily restrict the range of trustable matters #corroborates (0.90)
• What passes for generalized trust is conditional optimism that collapses with context #corroborates (0.85)
• Imprecise survey questions manufacture the illusion of generalized trust #corroborates (0.80)