Abstract

The article is devoted to the description of the results of the laboratory experiment included into the course “Economic Psychology”. In this experiment students took part in the study of the level of trust and trustworthiness in financial transactions with an anonymous partner. Following methods of investigation were used: the computer technique “TrustGame”, the questionnaire «Basic Assumptions – version for Russian respondents». The results of the investigation showed that basic assumption «world is benevolent and reliable», as well as evaluating oneself as a valuable and successful person, are associated with a greater willingness to trust the partner for interaction. A high level of trust correlates with a high level of trustworthiness. Differences in the level of trust and level of trustworthiness in anonymous interaction between men and women have not been revealed. Basic assumptions of women are characterized by higher values ​​for “Benevolence of the world”, compared to the assumptions of men.

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