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

本论文将构建一个实验来检验鼓励作弊对被试作弊频率和鼓励他人作弊倾向的影响。情况的两个方面是不同的：鼓励作弊的人有高、低或不明确的地位；鼓励作弊与否由受试者的工作小组决定。实验测试源自于关于越轨行为的成熟理论和研究，这些理论和研究强调同伴对越轨行为的重要性。结果应该更精确地说明这种影响是如何起作用的。

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.