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What happens in the trust game?
What best predicts the amount returned?
Why might you not notice a small lie in a conversation?
What should you do if a lie involves money or commitments?
Why does one caught lie change your view of someone so sharply?
What helps trust return after deception?
Why doesn't forgiveness alone restore trust?
What helps your body stop reacting anxiously to a familiar signal?
What does a hidden test actually measure?
What can help instead of a silent test?
Why does trust return more slowly than it breaks?
What helps rebuild trust after a mistake?
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- What happens in the trust game? The first gives part of the amount, it triples, and the second decides how much to returnThe second player is under no obligation and can keep everything, but on average returns about a third.From “How Much Money Would You Trust to a Stranger”
- What best predicts the amount returned? How much she was givenGenerosity is perceived as a sign of trust, and people respond in kind.From “How Much Money Would You Trust to a Stranger”
- Why might you not notice a small lie in a conversation? It sounds natural and is spoken automaticallySmall lies often help keep communication smooth, so people say them with hardly a thought.From “How Many Times Will You Lie in Ten Minutes”
- What should you do if a lie involves money or commitments? Check the facts and agreements through actionsSelf-serving lies should be checked against facts and actions, not detected by watching someone's face.From “How Many Times Will You Lie in Ten Minutes”
- Why does one caught lie change your view of someone so sharply? It rules out the version where he never liesAn honest answer fits both versions of a person, while a caught lie leaves only the possibility of deception.From “Why Trust Shatters in a Second”
- What helps trust return after deception? A series of small, verifiable actionsTrust is recalculated from repeated facts: words matter less than small promises kept.From “Why Trust Shatters in a Second”
- Why doesn't forgiveness alone restore trust? It adds no data about future actionsForgiveness changes your relationship with anger, while trust rests on repeated actions in similar situations.From “Why Forgiveness Isn't Trust”
- What helps your body stop reacting anxiously to a familiar signal? Repetitions where nothing bad happensYour body rewrites a danger label not through willpower, but through calm repeated experiences.From “Why Forgiveness Isn't Trust”
- What does a hidden test actually measure? A reaction to a situation you createdA test shows a reaction to a situation you created and doesn't always reveal how he feels.From “How We Test Trust Without Saying So”
- What can help instead of a silent test? Ask one narrow question about behaviorA narrow question about behavior can clarify things without guessing about feelings.From “How We Test Trust Without Saying So”
- Why does trust return more slowly than it breaks? A breach is remembered more strongly than ordinary confirmationsA breach breaks a prediction and stays in memory, while calm matches between words and actions barely register.From “How long it takes to rebuild trust”
- What helps rebuild trust after a mistake? Keep small promises with clear deadlinesTrust builds through a series of checkable actions, not 1 conversation or a general promise.From “How long it takes to rebuild trust”