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> The students were expected (and encouraged) to cheat on the test but told that if they were caught, they would fail the exam. Of the 20 students in the class where this exercise was tested, all succeeded in cheating without being caught, much to their professors’ delight.

Absolutely fascinating.

This reminds me of the mythbusters lie detector episode (For the moment, let's disregard the efficacy of the polygraph). One of the things they said was there has to be a physical, actual, realistic, consequence for the test subject in order for the polygraph "to work."

Similarly, if all the exams were setup so that the only possible way was to cheat or face failure, I think you would force them into the mindset.