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Trust

Trust is the willingness to be vulnerable to another person's actions based on the expectation that they will act in your interest, even without the ability to monitor or control them. You will learn the distinction between trusting someone's competence and trusting their intentions, and why both matter for working relationships.

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Anne Böckler-Raettig on Trusting Competence vs. Trusting Intentions

A TEDx talk on the psychology of trust that separates trusting someone's competence from trusting their intentions and explains why both distinct judgments matter for cooperation.