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Source credibility and idea improvement have independent effects on unconscious plagiarism errors in recall and generate-new tasks.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19210097     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Unconscious plagiarism occurs when people try to generate new ideas or when they try to recall their own ideas from among a set generated by a group. In this study, the factors that independently influence these two forms of plagiarism error were examined. Participants initially generated solutions to real-world problems in 2 domains of knowledge in collaboration with a confederate presented as an expert in 1 domain. Subsequently, the participant generated improvements to half of the ideas from each person. Participants returned 1 day later to recall either their own ideas or their partner's ideas and to complete a generate-new task. A double dissociation was observed. Generate-new plagiarism was driven by partner expertise but not by idea improvement, whereas recall plagiarism was driven by improvement but not expertise. This improvement effect on recall plagiarism was seen for the recall-own but not the recall-partner task, suggesting that the increase in recall-own plagiarism is due to mistaken idea ownership, not source confusion.
Authors:
Timothy J Perfect; Ian Field; Robert Jones
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1939-1285     ISO Abbreviation:  J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn     Publication Date:  2009 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-02-12     Completed Date:  2009-12-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8207540     Medline TA:  J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  267-74     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Devon, England PL4 8AA, United Kingdom. tperfect@plymouth.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cooperative Behavior*
Creativeness*
Humans
Mental Recall / physiology*
Neuropsychological Tests
Plagiarism*
Reality Testing*
Unconscious (Psychology)*

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