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The Prospector, October 18, 1984 • Page 3
Psychologists: People cheat for many reasons
By Wendy Dowkings
Staff Writer
Students straining their
necks to look at someone
else’s answers during a test
is a common occurance,
. some psychology specialists
* say.
“It’s illegal to jay walk, but
if people thought they would
get shot they wouldn’t do it,”
said Howard Daudistel,
sociology department
chairperson.
It is not just a certain type
of person who cheats, he add-
.Research---
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“We’re in the process of
developing proposals which
will get submitted in
November for next year. We
just completed work on two
grants, but at the present
time, money is very low,” ex-
plained Eileen Jacobi, dean
of the College of Nursing and
Allied Health.
Although funding to the
College of Liberal Arts has
declined, Julia Encina Jr.,
coordinator of the college’s
Project Upward Bound, said
they have not had any pro-
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ed, “I’m sure everyone has
cheated at some time in their
life.”
Karen Gold, a practicing El
Paso psychologist, said, “I
think people cheat for one of
two reasons: fear of failure or
a lack of self confidence.”
She was referring to students
who plan cheating methods
in advance instead of study-
ing for the exam.
She explained that some
students fear they will not do
as well in school as their
family expects them to. She
said they may also think they
blems getting funding since
the program started in 1968.
“We submit a new proposal
every three years,” Encina
said. “We haven’t had any
problems.”
Because of the year lag bet-
ween filing requests and
receving money, Gale said in-
creases in research funding
should continue in 1985
regardless of who wins the
presidential election.
“I’m projecting it, if indeed
we continue to submit strong
proposals,” Gale said.
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do not have the intelligence
to do as well as they want.
Another psychologist
agreed with her.
“I think it’s because of a
fear of failure and the conse-
quences (of doing poorly) and
what others will say,” sug-
gested Peggy Himelstein,
PhD.
There were many sugges-
tions as to the reason for
planned cheating. But Gold
ventured a guess at what
goes through students’ minds
before they sneak a peak at
their classmates’ tests.
But he added the increase the plans submitted is the
will probably not be as large hardest part of the system,
as this year’s. “It's a tremendous amount
Herndon said it is not dif- of effort on (the faculty’s)
ficult to get faculty to submit part. It’s not something
proposals. He estimated everyone does or can do,”
25-30 plans are submitted Devine said. “Not everyone
from that college each year. does this kind of thing. And
“In most of the research competition is really stiff.”
programs it is research they Of the 122 proposals sub-
(the faculty) are doing. You mitted in 1983, 53 were ap-
don’t ask them to do it,” he proved for 1984.
explained. Gale also said preparing
James Divine, dean of the proposals takes a lot of time
College of Liberal Arts, faculty members may not
disagreed, and said getting have.
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When a student is taking a
test and cannot recall
necessary information, “the
pressure is so great, the ten-
sion is so strong, and the time
is so important that the stu-
dent does not take into ac-
count the effects of
cheating,” Gold said.
University officials say
students can get expelled if
they are caught cheating.
“The long range effects are
the worst, I think,” Himelstein
said. “When they cheat they
don’t learn the subject mat-
ter, and when they go out into
the real world they won’t have
the knowledge to deal with
the problems of their job.”
Daudistel said maybe there
is not enough fear of getting
caught to stop people from
cheating.
“Students should accept
more responsibility for
cheating,” Daudistel said.
“They should have some kind
of code of honor (to) keep
them from doing it. Now, if
they think they can get away
with it, they do it.”
“But it’s not my business to
tell faculty members what to
do,” he said.
He added faculty participa-
tion is “almost like students
going through the school
system. They get what they
want out of it and leave it
behind.”
But if faculty members con-
tinue to submit strong pro-
posals to good agencies who
have dealt with the University
before, a reciprocal relation-
ship will be established, Gale
said.
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