Honesty and heroes: A positive psychology view of heroism and academic honesty

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-372

  Staats, Sara ^a   Hupp, Julie M ^a   Hagley, Anna M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic misconduct; Courage; Hero; Honesty; Positive psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECUMBENCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DECEPTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 51649114330     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.142.4.357-372     Document Type: Article

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