Trust and honesty are more often preferred, especially as one becomes more secure and independent. Interesting research, which we now turn to, has confirmed the merits of trusting others. Most people can be counted on to do what they say the will do. The courts give fair and unbiased treatment to everyone. Most elected public officials are really sincere in their campaign promises.
Most salesmen are honest in describing their products.
Very few accident claims filed against insurance companies are phony. Some would say that trusting is pretty dumb. But high and low trusters are about the same in intelligence. But, they seem just as able to detect the cues of a dishonest deal or statement as a distrustful person. Another disadvantage of distrusting is that it disrupts honest dealings and puts up barriers to open, intimate relationships.