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The Trust Game is a common tool for studying trust, but this review reveals its limitations. We explore alternative methods for measuring trust and trustworthiness in research.

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  • Social psychology
  • Behavioral economics
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Trust is essential for societal function.
  • The Trust Game is widely used to quantify individual differences in trust and trustworthiness.
  • Existing research highlights the need for a critical evaluation of current measurement tools.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically assess the limitations and difficulties associated with the Trust Game paradigm.
  • To review and compare alternative methods for measuring trust and trustworthiness.
  • To provide a comprehensive overview of the landscape of trust measurement in experimental research.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and synthesis of existing studies on the Trust Game.
  • Comparative analysis of the Trust Game with alternative measurement instruments.
  • Exploration of diverse methodologies including surveys, neurochemical manipulations, and neuroimaging.

Main Results:

  • The Trust Game, while popular, presents significant methodological challenges and limitations.
  • Alternative instruments, including survey measures and neuroimaging techniques, offer complementary or superior approaches to assessing trust.
  • A spectrum of methods exists, each with unique strengths and weaknesses for capturing trust-related behaviors and neural correlates.

Conclusions:

  • The limitations of the Trust Game necessitate the exploration and adoption of alternative and complementary measurement tools.
  • Integrating diverse methodologies provides a more robust understanding of the complex construct of trust.
  • Future research should consider a multi-method approach to accurately capture the nuances of trust and trustworthiness.