Trust game

The trust game tests participants’ willingness to trust others and reciprocate other’s trusts in a social context, both of which serve as proxies for perspective taking. The game consists of multiple rounds, in which two players take turns in dividing a sum of money. The first player (either the participant or a simulated player) gets two options on how to divide a sum of money: make a pre-defined selection, or let player 2 decide how to distribute the money and thus trusting player 2, in which case the total to be divided money is tripled. Player 2 then receives two options of how to distribute the money: either both players end up with a fair share, or player 2 keeps everything.