#Socialclass

Recent research published by the American Psychological Association has uncovered a surprising factor shaping who we trust: a person’s childhood financial background. People are far more likely to trust individuals raised in modest circumstances than those perceived to have grown up wealthy, suggesting that our perceptions of trustworthiness are deeply influenced by subtle social cues rooted in class and upbringing. The findings, featured in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, offer new insight into what drives trust in relationships, work settings, and broader society (Deseret News).

New research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology has found that people are more likely to trust individuals who grew up in lower-income households, as compared to those who had privileged backgrounds. This finding, based on a series of experiments with nearly 2,000 participants, sheds light on the deep-rooted perceptions linking childhood hardship with morality and trustworthiness—a topic that resonates on both a global and a Thai societal level (Neuroscience News).