Behavioral Trust in Competence Versus Morality: Experimental Evidence of Differences and Similarities

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Participants exhibited significantly lower trust in competence games versus traditional trust games, indicating a behavioral distinction.
Across four studies involving 3337 participants, findings highlighted trust in competence is not as principled as trust in moral character.
The competence game introduced a novel game-theoretical paradigm for analyzing trust, emphasizing investment decisions rather than moral factors.
These insights call for a re-evaluation of how trust is understood in both psychological and economic contexts.

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Experimental analysis reveals lower trust in competence compared to morality in decision-making scenarios, suggesting differing behavioral dynamics.

Fetchenhauer et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Experimental analysis reveals lower trust in competence compared to morality in decision-making scenarios, suggesting differing behavioral dynamics.