Word: cheating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...instinct to cheat creeps in during the trying moments of an exam or a game. Just as a pitcher may rub his baseball against an Emery Board when down 3-and-0 with the bases loaded, a student's eyes might want to wander when facing a clutch question...
This can prompt him to consider breaching the rules of the game. Like every fair game, there are rules--and the golden rule of examinations is: You can't cheat...
This longing may be affected by the type of question (it's a lot easier to cheat on a true-false test than an essay exam) and it is certainly affected by frustration level. If you can't for the life of you remember one out of 100 multiple choice questions, it seems pretty darn stupid to risk the other 99 by looking over someone's shoulder. If you have gone through all 100 and haven't gotten one so far, you might feel you have less to lose by trying to pick up a couple answers the slimy...
...more than frustration, the University's policy toward enforcing this most heinous of academic crimes has an unparalleled effect on the student's willingness to cheat...
...more practical grounds, there are never enough proctors in a large hall to look at every student all the time--or even long enough to prevent him from looking around. If a student wanted to cheat, he could do it without any problem in most imaginable cases...