Laken takes a course in which her professor talks about Virginia Woolf's novel, To the Lighthouse.The next semester, Laken writes a paper for another class on Virginia Woolf.In her paper, Laken uses ideas that her earlier professor had presented, while believing that she has developed these ideas herself.Laken's behavior is and comes from .
A)plagiarism; absentmindedness
B)plagiarism; cryptomnesia
C)ethical; persistence
D)ethical; the sleeper effect

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Laken's behavior is considered plagiarism because she is using ideas presented by her earlier professor without giving proper credit or citation. However, her behavior is also an example of cryptomnesia, which is when one genuinely believes that an idea is their own when it was actually heard or read elsewhere.

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