The Trust Gap: Why People Are So Cynical
Psyblog looks at why we have so much difficulty in trusting others.
http://www.spring.org.uk/2010/04/the-trust-gap-why-people-are-so-cynical.php
In one experiment people honoured the trust placed in them between 80% and 90% of the time, but only estimated that others would honour their trust about 50% of the time.
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Some Social Skills May Be Genetic
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Wired magazine has an article which highlights genetic aspects of cognition. “The findings suggest that face-recognition and other cognitive skills may be separate from each other, and independent of general intelligence” Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/face-recognition/#ixzz0d5uQFroK