# psych: exploring trust among politicians

<< The new research, (..) tested a vulnerability-centered definition of trust-meaning, defining trust as a willingness to be vulnerable to the actions of another. The results revealed three assessments that lead to one trusting in the government: whether it has the ability to do its job, the benevolence to care about its people and the integrity to generally do the right thing. >>

Do you trust politicians? Depends on how you define trust. Michigan State University. May 15, 2019

https://m.phys.org/news/2019-05-politicians.html

Joseph A. Hamm, Corwin Smidt, Roger C. Mayer. Understanding the psychological nature and mechanisms of political trust. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0215835. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0215835.  May 15, 2019.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0215835