Although the literature on trust is vast, little is known about the attributes that trigger or inhibit trusting others we do not know. Using a vignette version of the trust game, we addressed the role that social standing plays in estimating trustworthiness of strangers in cross-status interactions in Chile, a non-WEIRD context also characterized by high inequality and social segregation. While we found a positive relationship between social status and generalized trust, we found no relationship between the social status of trustors and trusting behavior in the game. Besides, trustees’ income was the most important attribute for trustors to decide how much to trust. We also found that higher-income trustees are less trusted in general, particularly by lower-status trustors. Finally, the results revealed that the influence of income differences on trust was higher for lower-status participants: they are more trustful of others of similar status. We did not observe a similar effect of ingroup favoritism on trust among higher-status participants. Thus, higher levels of relational or particularized trust were found among participants of lower social status compared to those of higher social status.

尽管关于信任的文献很多，但对于触发或抑制信任我们不知道的他人的属性知之甚少。使用信任游戏的小插曲版本，我们解决了社会地位在智利跨身份互动中估计陌生人的可信度方面所起的作用，这是一种非 WEIRD 环境，其特征也是高度不平等和社会隔离。虽然我们发现社会地位与普遍信任之间存在正相关关系，但我们发现信任者的社会地位与博弈中的信任行为之间没有关系。此外，受托人的收入是委托人决定信任多少的最重要的属性。我们还发现，一般来说，收入较高的受托人不太信任，尤其是地位较低的受托人。最后，结果表明，对于地位较低的参与者，收入差异对信任的影响更大：他们更信任地位相似的其他人。我们没有观察到群体内偏爱对地位较高的参与者信任的类似影响。因此，与社会地位较高的参与者相比，在社会地位较低的参与者中发现了更高水平的关系或特定信任。