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The power of cryptomnesia: Interpersonal power and inadvertent plagiarism

Housley, Meghan K.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279124757

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Psychology.
Plagiarism arouses intense emotions in and out of academic settings. Relatively recently, it has been suggested that not all cases of plagiarism are intentional, and that they may instead be due, at least sometimes, to unconscious influences of memory in which the plagiarized information is incorrectly experienced as novel and self-generated (e.g., Taylor, 1965). Such inadvertent plagiarism (IP) is known as cryptomnesia, which is argued to be due to failures during source monitoring, namely, failing to accurately identify whether the source of information is internal or external (e.g., Johnson, Hashtroudi, & Lindsay, 1993). Asymmetries in power have been shown to influence the degree to which individuals engage in careful processing of sources, with high power individuals processing others superficially and low power individuals processing others carefully (e.g., Fiske, 1993; Goodwin, Gubin, Fiske, & Yzerbyt, 2000). Thus, high power individuals should plagiarize more than non-powerful others. In two experiments, I manipulated power and the timing of this manipulation (occurring before or after an interaction), and then assessed rates of IP. The results of Experiment 1 suggested that high power increases rates of IP, though only when instantiated before an interaction. Experiment 2 yielded only null findings. Implications of the former and possible explanations for the latter findings are discussed.
Heather M. Claypool, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kurt Hugenberg, PhD (Committee Member)
Amy Summerville, PhD (Committee Member)
Lawrence B. Nadler, PhD (Committee Member)
38 p.
Social Psychology
plagiarism; power; cognitive processes

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  • Housley, M. K. (2010). The power of cryptomnesia: Interpersonal power and inadvertent plagiarism [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279124757

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Housley, Meghan. The power of cryptomnesia: Interpersonal power and inadvertent plagiarism. 2010. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279124757.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Housley, Meghan. "The power of cryptomnesia: Interpersonal power and inadvertent plagiarism." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1279124757

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