Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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892349 | Personality and Individual Differences | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Academic dishonesty is a problem in academia and cheating is a problem in society at large. Sensation-seeking was proposed as a personality trait that is positively related to one’s likelihood to cheat. A sample of 105 undergraduates participated in a research activity for course credit where cheating on a trivia game to win a cash prize by taking answers from a sealed folder was an option. As anticipated, sensation-seeking predicted cheating. Consistent with previous research, males were also more likely to cheat than females. Targeted interventions are suggested as a possible remedy.
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Authors
David C. DeAndrea, Christopher Carpenter, Hillary Shulman, Timothy R. Levine,