Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Master of Educational Psychology
2 Faculty member of Psychology Department, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
Abstract
The present study was aimed at comparing the effects of threat of mild with severe punishments in inducing negative attitudes toward cheating and commission of cheating in mathematics course. The sample included 288 Ahvaz third-grade male students belonging to low, moderate and high Socio-Economic Status (SES) families. The data analyses revealed that threat of mild punishment was more effective than threat of severe punishment in yielding negative attitudes toward cheating. This finding persisted regardless of time of ‘attitude-change’ measurement. Also, threat of mild punishment was more effective than threat of severe punishment in reducing the actual likelihood of committing cheating. Furthermore, subjects from higher SES were found to express more negative attitudes toward cheating than those from lower SES.
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