A Comparison of Effects of Threat of Mild and Severe  Punishments upon Attitude toward Cheating and  the Practice of Cheating amongst Third-Grade  Male Students in Ahvaz Guidance Schools

Naamee, A.; Shokrkon, H.

doi:10.22055/psy.1997.16391

A Comparison of Effects of Threat of Mild and Severe Punishments upon Attitude toward Cheating and the Practice of Cheating amongst Third-Grade Male Students in Ahvaz Guidance Schools

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

A. Naamee ¹

H. Shokrkon ²

¹ Master of Educational Psychology

² Faculty member of Psychology Department, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

10.22055/psy.1997.16391

Abstract

The present study was aimed at comparing the effects of threat of mild with severe punishments in inducing negative attitudes toward cheating and commission of cheating in mathematics course. The sample included 288 Ahvaz third-grade male students belonging to low, moderate and high Socio-Economic Status (SES) families. The data analyses revealed that threat of mild punishment was more effective than threat of severe punishment in yielding negative attitudes toward cheating. This finding persisted regardless of time of ‘attitude-change’ measurement. Also, threat of mild punishment was more effective than threat of severe punishment in reducing the actual likelihood of committing cheating. Furthermore, subjects from higher SES were found to express more negative attitudes toward cheating than those from lower SES.

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