APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Demographics, Theory of Mind, and Agreeableness in Children’s Academic Dishonesty

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Developmental

Session: Poster Session VIII

Authors

Abstract

Cheating, a dishonest behaviour pervasive across all levels of academia triggers negative consequences for both students and academic communities. We investigated relations between predictors of prosociality (i.e., theory of mind and agreeableness) and development of children’s cheating. Theory of mind and demographics, but not agreeableness, were associated with childhood cheating.

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