{"id":5093,"date":"2021-06-22T17:15:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T17:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-collegesuccess-2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=5093"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:40:56","slug":"what-can-lead-to-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-collegesuccess-2\/chapter\/what-can-lead-to-plagiarism\/","title":{"raw":"What Can Lead to Plagiarism?","rendered":"What Can Lead to Plagiarism?"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify common scenarios that can lead to academic dishonesty and possible consequences<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5571\/2021\/06\/22171447\/fotografierende-333oj7zFsdg-unsplash-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-5094\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5571\/2021\/06\/22171447\/fotografierende-333oj7zFsdg-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"Person holding a red pen.\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>Common Forms of Plagiarism<\/h2>\r\nAccording to \u201cThe Reality and Solution of College Plagiarism\u201d created by the Health Informatics department of the University of Illinois at Chicago, there are ten main forms of <strong>plagiarism<\/strong> that students commit:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Submitting someone else's work as their own.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Taking passages from their own previous work without adding citations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Rewriting someone\u2019s work without properly citing sources.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Using quotations, but not citing the source.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Interweaving various sources together in the work without citing.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Citing some, but not all passages that should be cited.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Melding together cited and uncited sections of the piece.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Providing proper citations, but failing to change the structure and wording of the borrowed ideas enough.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Inaccurately citing the source.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Relying too heavily on other people\u2019s work. Failing to bring original thought into the text.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h2>What Leads to Academic Dishonesty?<\/h2>\r\nWhen you\u2019re starting off in school, you might be convinced that you would never plagiarize. While it\u2019s helpful to value and identify with academic integrity, it doesn\u2019t hurt to consider common scenarios that lead students to cheat so you can recognize and defuse them if you encounter them during your time in school.\r\n<h3>Running Out of Time<\/h3>\r\nLet\u2019s say it\u2019s the night before a big paper is due and you haven\u2019t started it. An assignment that would have been manageable had you spaced it out over a few weeks now seems completely impossible. You truly feel that you have run out of time. You may feel tempted to try to use other people\u2019s work to piece together a paper to submit on time.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">If you\u2019ve left your paper until the last minute, you will be better off submitting subpar work or asking for an extension than you would be risking your academic career by plagiarizing your paper.<\/div>\r\n<h3>Peer Pressure<\/h3>\r\nAnother situation that might lead you to academic dishonesty is peer pressure. Maybe instead of you, it\u2019s your best friend who left her paper until the last minute, and she asks you to write it for her because she\u2019s too stressed and tired to do it herself. It can be very hard to say no.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">Writing an assignment for a peer will not help them learn the course materials in their classes and may even lead to more requests that you continue to do their assignments for them.<\/div>\r\n<h3>Pressure to Perform<\/h3>\r\nAnother roadblock to academic integrity can be the pressure to perform academically. Students can face an immense amount of pressure to achieve high grades, whether it\u2019s to keep their academic-based scholarships, to ensure they pass a class they are close to failing, or to please their parents or other people who are invested in their academic performance.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">If you are feeling crunched by academic pressure to achieve high grades or simply pass your classes, but are having trouble making the grades you want, you should seek out academic support instead of using other people\u2019s work as your own. Perhaps there\u2019s a reason your grades have dipped. Seeking help and support for mental or physical health issues or issues outside of school that are affecting your performance is far preferable to plagiarizing to pass a single assignment.<\/div>\r\n<h3>Not Understanding the Definition of Plagiarism<\/h3>\r\nFinally, students may plagiarize because they do not understand that what they are doing is plagiarism.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">Become familiar with your school\u2019s definition of plagiarism, and the expectations for academic integrity that are set in your courses. Plagiarizing unknowingly and being confronted for it is very stressful, and it can be really hard for instructors to know whether or not you plagiarized on purpose.<\/div>\r\nRemember, submitting other people\u2019s work as your own or doing other students\u2019 assignments for them does not contribute to your overall goals at school of learning the course material and demonstrating your knowledge. No matter how dire a situation might seem, be it turning in an assignment on time, or achieving a high enough grade to pass a class, there are other ways of dealing with these situations that do not require plagiarism.\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/9cd5e738-9640-41ca-b25c-0b30005686a5\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Glossary<\/h3>\r\n<strong>plagiarism:<\/strong> a form of academic dishonesty in which a student claims credit for thinking or phrasing which is not her own\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify common scenarios that can lead to academic dishonesty and possible consequences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5571\/2021\/06\/22171447\/fotografierende-333oj7zFsdg-unsplash-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5094\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5571\/2021\/06\/22171447\/fotografierende-333oj7zFsdg-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"Person holding a red pen.\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>Common Forms of Plagiarism<\/h2>\n<p>According to \u201cThe Reality and Solution of College Plagiarism\u201d created by the Health Informatics department of the University of Illinois at Chicago, there are ten main forms of <strong>plagiarism<\/strong> that students commit:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Submitting someone else&#8217;s work as their own.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Taking passages from their own previous work without adding citations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Rewriting someone\u2019s work without properly citing sources.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Using quotations, but not citing the source.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Interweaving various sources together in the work without citing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Citing some, but not all passages that should be cited.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Melding together cited and uncited sections of the piece.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Providing proper citations, but failing to change the structure and wording of the borrowed ideas enough.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Inaccurately citing the source.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Relying too heavily on other people\u2019s work. Failing to bring original thought into the text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What Leads to Academic Dishonesty?<\/h2>\n<p>When you\u2019re starting off in school, you might be convinced that you would never plagiarize. While it\u2019s helpful to value and identify with academic integrity, it doesn\u2019t hurt to consider common scenarios that lead students to cheat so you can recognize and defuse them if you encounter them during your time in school.<\/p>\n<h3>Running Out of Time<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s say it\u2019s the night before a big paper is due and you haven\u2019t started it. An assignment that would have been manageable had you spaced it out over a few weeks now seems completely impossible. You truly feel that you have run out of time. You may feel tempted to try to use other people\u2019s work to piece together a paper to submit on time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">If you\u2019ve left your paper until the last minute, you will be better off submitting subpar work or asking for an extension than you would be risking your academic career by plagiarizing your paper.<\/div>\n<h3>Peer Pressure<\/h3>\n<p>Another situation that might lead you to academic dishonesty is peer pressure. Maybe instead of you, it\u2019s your best friend who left her paper until the last minute, and she asks you to write it for her because she\u2019s too stressed and tired to do it herself. It can be very hard to say no.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">Writing an assignment for a peer will not help them learn the course materials in their classes and may even lead to more requests that you continue to do their assignments for them.<\/div>\n<h3>Pressure to Perform<\/h3>\n<p>Another roadblock to academic integrity can be the pressure to perform academically. Students can face an immense amount of pressure to achieve high grades, whether it\u2019s to keep their academic-based scholarships, to ensure they pass a class they are close to failing, or to please their parents or other people who are invested in their academic performance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">If you are feeling crunched by academic pressure to achieve high grades or simply pass your classes, but are having trouble making the grades you want, you should seek out academic support instead of using other people\u2019s work as your own. Perhaps there\u2019s a reason your grades have dipped. Seeking help and support for mental or physical health issues or issues outside of school that are affecting your performance is far preferable to plagiarizing to pass a single assignment.<\/div>\n<h3>Not Understanding the Definition of Plagiarism<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, students may plagiarize because they do not understand that what they are doing is plagiarism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">Become familiar with your school\u2019s definition of plagiarism, and the expectations for academic integrity that are set in your courses. Plagiarizing unknowingly and being confronted for it is very stressful, and it can be really hard for instructors to know whether or not you plagiarized on purpose.<\/div>\n<p>Remember, submitting other people\u2019s work as your own or doing other students\u2019 assignments for them does not contribute to your overall goals at school of learning the course material and demonstrating your knowledge. No matter how dire a situation might seem, be it turning in an assignment on time, or achieving a high enough grade to pass a class, there are other ways of dealing with these situations that do not require plagiarism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_9cd5e738-9640-41ca-b25c-0b30005686a5\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/9cd5e738-9640-41ca-b25c-0b30005686a5?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_9cd5e738-9640-41ca-b25c-0b30005686a5\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Glossary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>plagiarism:<\/strong> a form of academic dishonesty in which a student claims credit for thinking or phrasing which is not her own<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t 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