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A Comparative Study Of Selected Personality Characteristics Of Students Who Cheat And Do Not Cheat In An Academic Situation, Walter G. Mcintire
A Comparative Study Of Selected Personality Characteristics Of Students Who Cheat And Do Not Cheat In An Academic Situation, Walter G. Mcintire
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there were significant personality differences between students who cheat in a given academic situation and students who do not cheat in the same situation. This was examined in terms of manifest needs, personality structure, and certain attitudes and values relative to the circumstances and setting in which the behavior occurred.
The sample studied consisted of 64 students, classified into 8 groups, from a class of 198 students enrolled in Psychology 213, Educational Psychology, at the University of North Dakota during the spring semester of the 1965--66 academic year.
The students were …