Trusting Ourselves

Social psychologist David DeSteno has a very good article on trust, specifically what creates the tendency to trust ourselves and why that trust is often misplaced..

Link to the New York Times article.

I am interested generally in trust, specifically intergroup trust which hasn’t been studied much at all.

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Dana C. Leighton, Ph.D.

I am a social psychologist, broadly interested in the psychological basis of peace and conflict. I am working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a Program Analyst, leading our survey research to better understand how our disaster response is promoting equity in service delivery, workforce readiness, and recovery and mitigation efforts.

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