Academic Honesty & Plagiarism

Question 1

Plagiarism

Answer 1

• “… the act of representing work/ideas as one’s own w/o appropriate acknowledgement/referencing.”
• unintentional/intentional
• always ask yourself who’s work you’re using; maintain academic integrity; you are the author of your own work

Question 2

Referencing

Answer 2

• we must acknowledge others:
• WORDS; everything written is assumed as yours unless it quotes
• IDEAS; assumed drawing from others’ concepts
• OWN WORK; don’t reuse words

Question 3

Types of Plagiarism

Answer 3

• DIRECT COPYING; from book/article/peer’s essay/webpage w/o acknowledgement
• CLAIMING IDEAS; incorporation w/ acknowledgement
• OVER-DEPENDANCE; extracting large work sections and sticking them together w/loose sentences
• RE-SUBMISSION; using someone else’s/your own essay structure twice
• COLLUSION; unintentional drawing of ideas via peer review; ALL involved parties summoned to discussion

Question 4

Sharing Notes

Answer 4

• can still be problematic; following structure/content is still plagiarism

Question 5

Plagiarism Consequences

Answer 5

• GROUP WORKSHOP; minor poor practice (Y1)
• PAP LEVEL; recorded; no action/redo work
• COLLEGE LEVEL; recorded; more serious; capped redo/zero grade
• FACULTY LEVEL; repeat/severe misconduct; may lead to expulsion

Question 6

Avoiding Plagiarism

Answer 6

• good notes; paraphrase articles as you won’t remember source; make own narrative/conclusions; DON’T COPY WORD FOR WORD!
• Turnitin; programme for plagiarism checks

Question 7

Turnitin

Answer 7

• distribution/type of match more important than overall %; standard names/theories will be highlighted but dw; textual matches across the report also fine; REFERENCED quotes/material is fine
• focus on long chunks of highlighted text

Question 8

BPS Professionalism Code/Guidelines

Answer 8

• BPS Ethics Committee; 4 principles:
• RESPECT
• COMPETENCE
• RESPONSIBILITY
• INTEGRITY

Question 9

BPS: Respect

Answer 9

• honouring dignity of person/group; most fundamental principle
• refers to: privacy/confidentiality; shared communal values; environmental impacts; power issues; consent; self-determination; compassionate care

Question 10

BPS: Competence

Answer 10

• ability to give specific services to professional standard; remember your limitations

Question 11

BPS: Responsibility

Answer 11

• duty of psychologists to people/public/science
• avoiding harm/preventing misuse of their contribution
• THIS IS BIGGER THAN JUST YOU!

Question 12

BPS: Integrity

Answer 12

• being honest/accurate/consistent in ones actions/methods/outcomes
• refers to: candour; fair/unbiased representation; avoiding exploitation/conflicts/self-interest; maintaining personal boundaries; addressing misconduct