The psychology of trust

Hi people sorry for missing in action. I have been trying out on some new stuffs on a domain that I recently acquired. The theme and mood of the website will be quite different from what I posted up here: less critical but still as fun.

I recently come up with the idea that trusting someone maybe more than just a personal trait. It may come down to the understanding of a person's hierarchy of needs.

When we talk about trusting someone, we give approval for certain action that the other party is going to carry out; this is usually some actions that doesnt occur to the norm. This may sound vague and confusing to some, so let's provide some illustration to this point.

Let's say you are strained in some island with a group of 5 survivor from an airplane crash( i beg your pardon if it sounded cliche to you). Now all of you are in a state of severe hunger. So someone in the group decided to go find some food. Sounds great right? This is because it is still the usual way of what a person may do.

However, if this guy wanted to lure some pork or beef, by offering some food as bait, this is where the psychology of trust comes in. You are in the physiological state of need and this guy wanted to take this need away from you, what will you do?

On another scenario, when you just ate half a large size pan pizza and is feeling very full. Someone come around and asked if he can take the other half of the pizza to feed his family, what will you do? Hell ya thanks for helping me to clear the plate right? Now the person can't be that poor if he can patron a pizza place but you couldn't care more, since your physiological needs had been fulfilled.

This psychology of trust happens on all level on the hierarchy of needs, if what that requires you to trust conflicts with the state of needs you are in now.

I would love to hear your point of view so post'em up!