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Zusatztext "[DeSteno] does an excellent job presenting evidence and deriving practical conclusions for how trust works in everyday life." - Scientific American Mind “Smart! fun! and informative! The Truth About Trust describes the most frightening! most wonderful! and most human thing we do: putting our fates in someone else's hands. This one's worth reading. Trust me.” —Daniel Gilbert! Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard and bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness “Trusting others puts us at risk. Yet failure to trust entails risk as well. The ability to navigate through this minefield successfully is one of life’s most valuable assets. DeSteno provides by far the best account of what science has learned about how we do this. The Truth About Trust is also a terrific read.” —Robert H. Frank! Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management at Cornell and bestselling author of The Economic Naturalist and The Darwin Economy “ The Truth About Trust tackles some of the most important and challenging issues in life. Psychologist David DeSteno takes a fresh look at fundamental questions! from gauging the trustworthiness of others to whether you can trust yourself.” —Adam Grant! Wharton professor and bestselling author of Give and Take "Fresh insight into a necessary part of everyday life...In concise prose backed by engaging stories! the author addresses the pros and cons of common issues such as trusting a business transaction! using trust in learning situations and the need for trust in personal relationships." — Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor David DeSteno Klappentext "This one's worth reading. Trust me.” —Daniel Gilbert, PhD, bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness Issues of trust come attached to almost every human interaction, yet few people realize how powerfully their ability to determine trustworthiness predicts future success. David DeSteno's cutting-edge research on reading trust cues with humanoid robots has already excited widespread media interest. In The Truth About Trust, the renowned psychologist shares his findings and debunks numerous popular beliefs, including Paul Zak's theory that oxytocin is the "moral molecule.” From education and business to romance and dieting, DeSteno's fascinating, paradigm-shifting book offers new insights and practical takeaways that will forever change how readers understand, communicate, and make decisions in every area of life. PREFACE Can I trust you? This question—this set of four simple words—often occupies our minds to a degree few other concerns can. It’s a question on which we exert a lot of mental effort—often without our even knowing it—as its answers have the potential to influence almost everything we do. Unlike many other puzzles we confront, questions of trust don’t just involve attempting to grasp and analyze a perplexing concept. They all share another characteristic: risk. So while it’s true that we turn our attention to many complex problems throughout our lives, finding the answers to most doesn’t usually involve navigating the treacherous landscape of our own and others’ competing desires. When we’re young, asking why the sky is blue or why pizza can’t be for dinner every night, though sometimes seeming of equal cosmic importance, necessitates only the transmission of facts to answer. Wondering what exactly a Higgs boson is or whether anything out of the ordinary really happened at Roswell can, it’s true, keep the gears of the mind whirring. For most of us, though, attempts to find answers to these questions won’t keep us up at night. And while asking our financial advisor for the eighth time how to calculate compound interest might require stepping up our mental math, in and of itself, finding the answer is fairly formulaic. Bring the ...
