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Saved by the blush: being trusted despite defecting.

Corine Dijk1, Bryan Koenig, Tim Ketelaar

  • 1Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. k.f.l.dijk@uva.nl

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Blushing after a social transgression can restore trustworthiness. Participants trusted a blushing virtual opponent more after a betrayal, indicating repaired social bonds.

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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Trust and Betrayal

Background:

  • Sociomoral transgressions often damage interpersonal trust.
  • Nonverbal cues can signal remorse and influence social perceptions.
  • The specific impact of blushing on trust remediation remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if blushing following a sociomoral transgression can restore trustworthiness.
  • To examine the effect of observing a blushing face on subsequent trust behavior in an interdependent context.

Main Methods:

  • 196 participants engaged in a computerized Prisoner's Dilemma game against a virtual opponent.
  • The opponent committed a defection (sociomoral transgression).
  • Participants viewed a photograph of the opponent displaying either a blushing or non-blushing face before a Trust Task.

Main Results:

  • Participants entrusted the blushing opponent with significantly more money in the Trust Task compared to the non-blushing opponent.
  • Participants reported higher trust, expected lower future defection rates, and held more positive judgments toward the blushing opponent.

Conclusions:

  • Blushing serves as a reparative signal, effectively restoring trustworthiness after a transgression.
  • The visual cue of blushing can mitigate negative perceptions and promote forgiveness in interdependent relationships.