People who grew up less wealthy viewed as more trustworthy, study shows [Video]

Did you grow up working part-time and attending public school? According to a new study by the American Psychological Association, people might trust you more for it.Related video above: Is Imposter Syndrome Real?”Trust is essential for healthy relationships. Without it, romantic partnerships can fail, workplaces can suffer and social divisions can grow,” said the study’s lead researcher, Kristin Laurin, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, in a press release. “But what makes people trust someone in the first place?”She and her co-authors were interested in how people’s social class — both while growing up and as adults — influences how much others trust them.To investigate, they ran experiments with over 1,900 participants. For one experiment, researchers asked study participants to play a trust game with fictional characters they thought were real people. The participants read files about the characters’ backgrounds that included hints about their economic …