technology, education and training from an industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologist
When hiring with online tests (a concept called unproctored internet testing [UIT]), one of the biggest worries is that test-takers will cheat. A home computer is just about as “unsecured” a testing environment as...
A few weeks ago, a new cheating scandal erupted at the University of Florida as 97 students in a 250-person course (39%) in Computer Science & Engineering were caught cheating on an online exam. ...
A recent study by Information Solutions Group, sponsored by PopCap Games, led Gamasutra to claim: A new study from PopCap Games finds that those who cheat while playing social games are nearly 3.5 times...
In a study of 1222 undergraduates, Selwyn examined differences in cybercheating levels between a variety of majors and student types. Overall results? 61.9% of students cheat.
Cheaters can be identified by their scores on the Dark Triad: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. But now that we can profile them, what comes next?
One of the most difficult aspects of studying cheating on selection/promotion/training tests and otherwise dishonest behavior in either work or school is figuring out what percentage of employees/students actually engage in such behavior.