Learning to cheat: The interaction of moral‐development and social learning theories
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Deviant Behavior
- Vol. 7 (3) , 243-259
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.1986.9967710
Abstract
A possible interaction between moral‐development levels and social learning variables is tested with self‐report data on test cheating from 175 college students. Among those at lower developmental levels, peer reactions best explain cheating behavior. For those at middle development levels, internalized definitions are most explanatory. Among those with more autonomous moralities, no pattern of social variables emerges to explain cheating.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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