Suspicion of others’ trustworthiness is inherently well grounded

Evidence

In general, they have found that those who are more willing to trust other people are likely to be equally trustworthy in that they are less likely to lie, cheat, or steal. They are also less likely to be unhappy or maladjusted, and are typically more liked by their friends and colleagues. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 525 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: People willing to trust others are themselves more trustworthy and well-adjusted — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 525; Reducing distrust is different from generating trust; Distrust is self-fulfilling and cannot be invalidated by experience (+2 more)

Related

• People willing to trust others are themselves more trustworthy and well-adjusted (similarity 0.92)
• Optimism about others’ trustworthiness is self-reinforcing through gained experience (similarity 0.85)
• Misplaced trust costs far more than forgone trust, making distrust come more quickly (similarity 0.84)
• Self-identity depends on the trustworthy company of equals (similarity 0.84)
• Distrust is self-fulfilling and cannot be invalidated by experience (similarity 0.83)
• Distrust is self-reinforcing because it selects for untrustworthy partners (similarity 0.83)
• Confidence is a self-fulfilling virtuous spiral unlike superstitious hope (similarity 0.83)
• Wariness can trap people in less trustworthy relationships, reinforcing distrust (similarity 0.83)
• Trust grounded in false knowledge cannot be an intrinsic good (similarity 0.82)
• Suspicion of others is well-grounded because people change and misrepresent (similarity 0.82)
• Apparent trust differences are often just differential risk-taking and learning speed (similarity 0.82)
• Distrust needs less information than trust to form. (similarity 0.81)
• Perceiving that one is trusted increases one’s actual trustworthiness (similarity 0.81)
• Divergent trust judgments refute trait-based accounts of trust. (similarity 0.81)
• The assumption that people trust only on valid grounds is empirical and provisional (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Distrust is self-fulfilling and cannot be invalidated by experience #corroborates (0.82)
• People willing to trust others are themselves more trustworthy and well-adjusted #contradicts (0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 525
• Reducing distrust is different from generating trust #responds-to (0.72)