Academic Dishonesty Beyond Cheating & Plagiarism: Students’ Interpersonal Deception in the Classroom

• In Event: Narratives, Self-Presentation, and Cheating: From Edutainment to Lying in the Classroom

Abstract

Many of the studies on deception have relied on college student samples. However, no research has been conducted on how these students deceive their college instructors. In the current project we used a qualitative approach to study 256 student participants’ use of deception toward their college instructors. Findings from our study show that an overwhelming majority of students have deceived their instructor and they mostly did so for self-serving reasons related to grades. Instructional implications, limitations of our study, and future directions are discussed.

Authors

• Darrin J. Griffin, University at Buffalo, SUNY

• San S. Bolkan, California State U - Long Beach

• Alan K. Goodboy, West Virginia University

• Mark G. Frank, U at Buffalo, State U of New York