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How do you differentiate a psychopath from a sociopath?
Psychopaths are born and sociopaths are made. In essence, their difference reflects the nature versus nurture debate. There’s a particularly interesting link between serial killers and psychopaths or sociopaths—although, of course, not all psychopaths and sociopaths become serial killers. And not alRead more
Psychopaths are born and sociopaths are made. In essence, their difference reflects the nature versus nurture debate. There’s a particularly interesting link between serial killers and psychopaths or sociopaths—although, of course, not all psychopaths and sociopaths become serial killers. And not all serial killers are psychopaths or sociopaths. Although both personality types can be aggressive and capable of causing harm both physically and mentally
See lessBut does the distinction between a psychopath and sociopath matter? They can both be dangerous and even deadly, the worst wreaking havoc with people’s lives. Or they can spend their life among people who are none the wiser for it.
Has the unlimited access to the internet made plagiarism easier?
The daily use of internet has made some students less sensitive to authorial ownership or materials available online. This leads to a student writer paraphrasing material he or she reads on an online Encyclopedia or professional website, and forgetting to properly cite. They don’t understand the ‘coRead more
The daily use of internet has made some students less sensitive to authorial ownership or materials available online. This leads to a student writer paraphrasing material he or she reads on an online Encyclopedia or professional website, and forgetting to properly cite. They don’t understand the ‘common knowledge’ principle and apply it to material that is in no way common and often very specific and specialized. This includes material that uses specific names, dates , things like economic theories or educational regulations that the average reader would have no way of knowing.
See lessThe largest change that I see in the last ten years is an increasing weakness in a skill called modeling. This increases plagiarism, because students do not copy anything exactly when they take notes. They even misinterpret source material, because what they write in their notes does not fairly represent what the author or authors wrote. How this influences plagiarism is that students have text books that give them examples of how to correctly cite in MLA, APA, and Chicago citation style, but they are somehow unable to copy the format correctly. When that incorrect citation makes it into a formal academic paper, it fails to meet the requirements to acknowledge the original source and all the lines of typing that refer to that idea or that data are considered unoriginal material. If students do this repeatedly, the percentage of unoriginal material exceeds the acceptable level.
One reason that this skill is so low is that in their K-12 life, many students were given handouts or online outlines and not required to take physical notes. They never learned this skill and are unable to record what is being discussed in class or written on the board or on an electronic screen. So, while the professor is explaining and showing how to correctly credit author material, the present student body is not able to write down and therefore commit to memory, what the teacher has said. This is a frustrating situation from both sides of the desk.