Development of trust and reciprocity in adolescence

Average player traits as predictors of cooperation in a repeated prisoner's dilemma

“…In a similar study of individuals ranging in ages from 9 to 25, van den Bos et al (2010) found no statistically significant relationship between individual Ravens score and first-stage trust (r = 0.14, p = 0.17), and a marginally significant positive relationship between individual Ravens scores and second-stage reciprocity (r = 0.17, p = 0.08). Ben-Ner and Halldorsson (2010), in a similar experiment with students at the University of Minnesota that simultaneously included many personality and demographic controls, found an insignificant but positive relationship between IQ and self-reported trust and an insignificant and negative relationship between IQ and reciprocity.…”

Adolescents gradually improve at detecting trustworthiness from the facial features of unknown adults

“…During their transition to autonomous decision-making, teenagers have many opportunities to interact with unknown adults in novel contexts, and these interactions may involve decisions to trust or not to trust unknown adults. We already know from behavioral economic experiments that adolescents become increasingly trusting (Sutter & Kocher, 2007;Van den Bos, van Dijk, & Crone, 2012;Van den Bos, Westenberg, van Dijk, & Crone, 2010). However, as emphasized by Evans, Athenstaedt, and Krueger (2013), we do not know whether this growing propensity to trust goes together with an increased performance at trusting the right person.…”

Dissociable brain networks involved in development of fairness considerations: Understanding intentionality behind unfairness

“…This process of intentionality understanding requires the ability to mentalize about other individuals' goals and intentions. In human development, behavioral studies have suggested that inequitable distribution of resources (i.e., unfairness) is aversive from an age as early as 7-8 years , followed by increased understanding of intentionality in adolescence (Güroğlu et al, 2009;Selman, 1980;van den Bos et al, 2010). The goal of this study was to examine the development of the neural correlates of intentionality understanding related to fairness considerations.…”