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TABLE ЗО
Comparison of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
response to Statement 3, - trust∕distrust
Agree
strongly
Agree
Not
sure
Disagree
Disagree Majority
strongly support
Statement
3. It’s no good
trusting people -
they only want
something out of you
Aboriginal response (N=93) 8.7
Non-Aboriginal
response (N=289) 4.4
21.7 33.7 30.4
15.4 30.2 40.3
(disagree)
5.4 35.8
9.7 50.0
24.21 (i)
(d) Discussion
Therewassome support for this statement. However,over one-
third of the group rejected the notion of not trusting people because
they wouldbe ’used’ by others. The distribution of views (agree,
30.4 per cent; not sure,33.7 per cent; disagree,35.8 per cent)
suggests that this is an area of uncertainty for Aboriginal people
whose history has taught them not to trust others. Therewassome
evidence to support the hypothesis.
24.21 (іi) Prediction of the future
In the literature on identity, prediction of the future is seen
as one of the components of trust. Typifications of the actions
of others which are verified in real life encounters, allow one to
predict the behaviour of others,and hence to project into the future
patterns of behaviour for oneself.