We present the data of theoretical and empirical analysis of the problem of trust towards strangers. We present the results of the empirical research carried out on a sample of students enrolled in the Udmurt State University in Izhevsk (N = 302, mean age = 24, 2 years, 30% of the sample were male, and 70% - female). Application of psycho-diagnostic tools: a questionnaire «The image of another person whom I trust» (I. Ju. Leonov), the technique of the «Scale of interpersonal (social) trust» (J. B. Rotter, adapted by S. G.
