“…The definition of the construct of trust in the cognitive sense, grounded on rational judgments and "good reasons", is strongly affected by the theoretical position of Julian Rotter and characterizes the majority of traditional studies (Petrocchi & Lecciso, 2008;Murayama, Hikage, Fujihara, & Hauser, 2008). In fact, Rotter was one of the first psychologists who defined interpersonal trust within the framework of a social learning theory, as "a generalized expectancy held by an individual or a group that the word, promise, verbal or written statement of another individual or group can be relied upon" (Rotter, 1971, p. 444;1973, p. 651).…”