Surveillance instigates entrapment when violations are observed, when personal involvement is high, and when sanctions are severe

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1977, Pages 419-429

  Lingle, John H ^a   Brock, Timothy C ^b   Cialdini, Robert B ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

instructions to watch for cheating ; involvement ; secret monitoring ; severity of sanctions, entrapment, college students, implications for experimental design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047682896     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.35.6.419     Document Type: Article

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