Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effects of Model Status and Collective Validation on the Enactment and Cultural Transmission of Deviance

本研究将构建一个实验来检验作弊的鼓励如何影响受试者作弊的频率以及他们鼓励他人作弊的倾向。情况的两个方面是不同的：鼓励作弊的人有高、低或不确定的地位；鼓励作弊的人是否得到受试者工作组的认可。实验测试来源于对越轨行为的成熟理论和研究，强调同伴对越轨行为的重要性。结果应该更准确地说明这种影响是如何运作的。

This dissertation research will construct an experiment to test how the encouragement of cheating has an effect on the frequency of subjects' cheating and their tendency to encourage others to cheat. Two aspects of the situation are varied: the person encouraging the cheating has high, low, or undefined status; and the encouragement to cheat is endorsed or not by the subjects' workgroup. The experimental test is derived from well established theories and research on deviance that emphasize the importance of peers on deviant behavior. The results should specify more precisely how this influence operates.