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Social information influences trust behaviour in adolescents
Nikki C Lee1, Jelle Jolles1, Lydia Krabbendam1
1Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Section of Educational Neuroscience and LEARN! Research Institute, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Journal of Adolescence
|November 25, 2015
Summary
Adolescents initially trust
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Neuroscience
Background:
- Trust is fundamental to adolescent social interactions.
- Social information significantly influences interpersonal judgments.
- Understanding trust development in adolescence is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine how social information affects adolescent trust behavior.
- To investigate age-related differences in adapting trust based on experience.
- To analyze trust game dynamics in a large adolescent sample.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a trust game paradigm with 845 adolescents (aged 12-18).
- Participants received social information about interaction partners before the game.
- Trust behavior and partner ratings were recorded throughout the task.
Main Results:
- Adolescents preferentially trusted and shared more with a 'good' partner based on initial information.
- Despite consistent behavior, participants maintained higher trust for the 'good' partner.
- Older adolescents demonstrated improved ability to adjust trust based on interaction experience, showing less bias towards initial information.
Conclusions:
- Initial social information strongly shapes adolescent trust, even when contradicted by behavior.
- Trust is not static; older adolescents show greater flexibility in adapting trust judgments.
- This study highlights the interplay between social cognition and trust development during adolescence.
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