Define trust in a relationship?

Answer 1

Trust is not having to worry that your partner is being unfaithful in sexual and mental terms. It's when all the evidence says you're guilty, but that someone still believes in your innocence.

Answer 2

The relationship builds with trust only.

Answer 3

Wow, that would take a while. Trust all in all in a relationship is that u trust your partner to care for you, to be faithful, to be honest, and to be there for u when u need them. Its being ta good person to someone u care about.

Answer 4

Trust is the belief in the good character of one party, presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.


Society
In the social sciences, the subtleties of trust are a subject of passionate debate. In sociology (and psychology) the degree to which one party trusts another is a measure of belief in the benevolence and competence of the other party. A failure in trust will be forgiven more easily if it is interpreted as a failure of competence rather than a lack of benevolence.

From this perspective, trust is an internal state, and cannot be measured. Only confidence, which is expressed as behavior, can be measured. Trust may be considered a moral choice. In this case, machine-human trust is meaningless, because computers have no moral sense. Any trust in a device under this characterization is computer-mediated trust of the user of the machine in the designer and creator of the device. Francis Fukuyama and Tyler are academics who advocate this conception of trust – as moral and not directly observable.

A second perspective in social theory comes from the classic Foundations of Social Theory by James S. Coleman. Coleman offers a four part definition:

1. Placement of trust allows actions that otherwise are not possible.

2. If the person in whom trust is placed (trustee) is trustworthy, then the trustor will be better off than if he or she had not trusted. Conversely, if the trustee is not trustworthy, then the trustor will be worse off than if he or she had not trusted.

3. Trust is an action that involves the voluntary placement of resources (physical, financial, intellectual, or temporal) at the disposal of the trustee with no real commitment from the trustee.

4. A time lag exists between the extension of trust and the result of the trusting behavior.

The strength of Coleman's definition is that it allows for discussion of trust behavior. These discussions have been particularly useful in reasoning about human-computer trust, and trust behaviors. Modern scholars trying to bring together issues of trusted systems, computer security, trust and technology include Jeroen van den Hoven, Helen Nissenbaum, Deborah Johnson and Jean Camp. Fukuyama might call their work studies of confidence, not trust.

A critical element in studies of trust behavior is power. One who is in a position of dependence cannot be said to trust another in a moral sense, but can be defined as trusting another in the most strict behavioral sense. Trusting another party when one is compelled to do so is sometimes called reliance, to indicate that the belief in benevolence and competence may be absent, while the behaviors are present. Others refer only to coercion.

Coleman's definition does not account for the distinction between trust(worthiness) as a moral attribute and trustworthiness as mere reliability. It is Annette Baier (Ethics, 1987) who characterize contexts of trust as structures of interaction in which moral obligations act upon the trustees.

The substantive conflict in the social sciences is if trust is entirely internal, and only confidence is observable, or if trust behaviors can meaningfully measure trust in the absence of coercion.

Social institutions, economies, and communities require trust to function. Therefore trust and altruism are areas of study for economists, because their existence is difficult to address is strict rational economics.

Answer 5

Trust.. is like u know ur gonna forget calling her/him and she/he knows he/she is busy!!
when u come late he/she knows its work..they wont doubt it!! trust is like u know ull ask for money and the other person is nt gonna say NO cz he/she knows ull return it without even askng !!
And it is.. the support that they know they will only get from u ..doesnt matter what life is offering U..
Deeps.. stand by ur partner when they need U

Answer 6

Trust that your partner will remain faithful.
Trust that your partner will behave in the same way when you're not there as when you're right at their side.
Trust that your partner will be honest with you.
Trust that your partner is as committed to the relationship as they've said they are.

Answer 7

Trust that every chance she will get to sleep with the mailman she will

Trust that when she says she doesnt have herpes, she does

Trust that when she says there isnt poison in your food, that there iss

Dont Trust them, just mess around with them

Answer 8

NAA u dont need trust in a relationship allll you need is LOVE for one another and ur sortedddd lol hehe

Answer 9

For me, it's the knowledge, without a doubt that I don't have to worry about my wife when we're apart. It's a peacefulness that comes with knowing your partner will be there for you no matter what happens. I have this with my wife and it is a wonderful feeling.

Answer 10

If u trust ur relstionship, nothin will bother u about ur partner coz u accept them as they are, you don't have to worry about ur relationship..even if ur partner is wrong person, may feel guilty about theirself coz of ur trust & faith..they might open their mind to u someday or they might feel guilty forever .