Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/Academic cheating motivation

Social Contribution
Hello! I enjoyed reading about your take on the dark triad and academic cheating. I've just done my own chapter on the dark triad and emotion and found the topic to be really interesting.

In terms of why the dark triad personalities may be more inclined to engage in academic cheating, I would say it would be due to the commonality of maladaptive behaviours amongst the three. This personality type is always looking for the "easy way" or the "shortcut" so they'll feel no guilt or remorse in engaging in antisocial activities.

I have included a few references regarding this for your own intrinsic interest :)

Romanelli, F., Cain, J., & Smith, K. M. (2006). Emotional intelligence as a predictor of academic and/or professional success. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 70(3), 69. https://doi.org/10.5688/aj700369

Jonason, P.K., & Krause, L. (2013). The emotional deficits associated with the dark triad traits: Cognitive empathy, affective empathy, and alexithymia. Personality and Individual Differences, doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.04.027

- Melissa Hogan

Comments
Hi, your page looks really great! i thought though that maybe you could lose the title of Overview or the title of introduction to cheating as they both are pretty much the same title. also in the first section it might be easier to read or look at if the text boxes were not side to side and instead one section above the other (i hope that made sense?) --Hynes08 (discuss • contribs) 03:27, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi thanks for your feedback, the overview and title of introduction are two different components, the overview title is for an overview of the chapter. I just had not put anything in that area yet, hope that makes sense AGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 23:09, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi! Your page looks really good- reading through it I was thinking it might be interesting to expand on the different types of motivation in self-determination theory (intrinsic, extrinsic and amotivation) and how these effect the specific types of cheating. For example are people who are extrinsically motivated more likely to plagiarise or collaborate with others? I'm not sure if there are previous studies on this- but I think that would be a really interesting topic to look into. Hopefully that helps- good luck! --U3068695 (discuss • contribs) 00:02, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comment, Ive been looking but cant finding anything, hopefully i come across something soon AGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 01:40, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi, just thought I'd mention that in your reference list, issue numbers are not necessary as according to APA (you might like to triple check this, but I heard James speaking to another student about this). I am not sure whether this would impact your mark for referencing if you leave it in there - all the best of luck U3083503 (discuss • contribs) 09:08, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks I have looked at the referencing guide and issue numbers are included in the examples givenAGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 23:09, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Just following on about referencing, I also noticed that you hadn't italicised the volume numbers in your reference list, which is an APA requirement. I know this isn't a hugely helpful comment, but they're easy marks to get, so I thought I'd point it out. :) Your chapter looks like it's coming along great, can't wait to read it when it's done. :) N.matthews3500 (discuss • contribs) 12:17, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * thanks for contributing, ill fix that upAGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 23:09, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Edits
Hey, just read your chapter - its really good! Just a small thing - should the the "your lost" in the first part be "you're lost"? U122096 (discuss • contribs) 05:18, 25 October 2014 (UTC)

APA style captions for images and tables
I recommend using APA style captions i.e., Figure 1, Figure 2 etc. for all images, graphs etc. and Table 1, Table 2 etc. for all tables. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 09:55, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I have fixed this upAGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 00:43, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Robelboxes/headings
FYI, I've removed the robelboxes in the interest of keeping the layout/structure simple e.g., as per Wikipedia. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 00:24, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
 * thank you for your contribution, I agree, it looks a lot better nowAGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 00:44, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

A couple of minor edits made
Hi - I have made a couple of minor edits to the first box defining academic cheating, just spaces and errors with spelling. I tend to agree with the comment above about the readability of the first two boxes side by side, I think it would be better to leave them as normal text (one section under each other with the quiz for the academic cheating definition directly under that information, and the prevalence information under that with the graph on the right hand side. It is quite difficult for the eye to read it the way it is because you keep wanting to read from left to right, just a suggestion. I really like that you have incorporated personality traits into this, something that is very interesting and I have often wondered about. I think you have discussed this just enough (not focused too heavily, but enough to engage the reader and think about themselves).

Self-determination theory - I would suggest changing the example of playing chess for the intrinsic motivation definition, possibly something like: you like going to the gym because it makes you feel good. This is something that makes you want to keep going back, no external rewards (incentives). Just thought it might make more sense to people. Theory of planned behaviour - I used this for my chapter and have finished [{Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2014/Shoplifting_motivation|Shoplifting motivation], you might want to check out a few of my references (Ajzen 1991 in particular) - you may already have this.

I like the fact that you have incorporated tips for not cheating - I'm sure people will find this useful.

Overall, interesting read - I didn't realise it was so prevalent... scary stuff! Good luck with finishing :) U3030139 (discuss • contribs) 05:03, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * thanks for your suggestions, I think I might leave the side to side boxes because a few other people have said they like the way it flows, but other disagree so ill just leave it. AGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 05:23, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Minor edits and suggestion
Hi Adam, your pages looks really good. I have just done some small edits in your overview part. Have a look and decide whether to take them. I have one suggestion:

in your section about how to avoid academic cheating, maybe you can categorise your tips for students, and tips for staff/faculty? and explain in a more specific way? Some of them look quite generic.

Also, I saw under the diagram of theory of planned behaviour, there is something: put text there. Maybe you are thinking adding more text. --Xlc (discuss • contribs) 06:14, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
 * great thanksAGH BMW (discuss • contribs) 05:23, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:40, 26 November 2014 (UTC)