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Exposure to Theories of Conscience as a Determinant of Cheating.

Dienstbier, Richard A. – 1975

Cheating behavior has been found to relate to emotion-attribution explanations. Prior research with second-grade children has indicated that increased self-control occurs in a watching task when the child's emotional response is attributed to internal rather than external actions. In the present study, freshman women (N=221) took a reading…

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cheating, College Students

Undergraduate Academic Dishonesty at MIT. Results of a Study of Attitudes and Behavior of Undergraduates, Faculty, and Graduate Teaching Assistants.

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Lipson, Alberta; McGavern, Norma – 1993

This report describes what has been learned from three surveys about undergraduate academic dishonesty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The surveys involved 891 undergraduates, approximately 490 faculty, and 481 graduate teaching assistants. Cheating was examined as a literal reality rather than as an abstract concept.…

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cheating, College Students, Discipline Problems