At the conclusion of their replication of the Berg et al. trust game. Ortmann et al. suggest that trust is a "primitive". By this they mean:
A) That trust is a primitive response often seen among higher apes but has no place in modern human society.
B) Trust is often found among primitive small-scale societies but not in industrialized ones.
C) That trust seems to be a fundamental feature of human decision making and different ways of presenting the information designed to encourage strategic thinking does not get rid of trusting decisions.
D) That trusting and reciprocal actions are what would be suggested by self-regarding behaviour and therefore, part of the Nash equilibrium of this game.

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Ortmann et al. suggest that trust is a "primitive" in the sense that it is a fundamental aspect of human decision-making, indicating that even when information is presented in ways that encourage strategic thinking, individuals still make trusting decisions. This highlights the inherent nature of trust in human interactions, rather than suggesting it is a behavior exclusive to non-industrialized societies or a primitive response in the evolutionary sense.

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