Hawthorne effect
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The Hawthorne effect is a form of reactivity whereby subjects improve or modify an aspect of their behavior being experimentally measured simply in response to the fact that they know they are being studied, not in response to any particular experimental manipulation.
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See also
- Reactivity (psychology)
- Self-determination theory
- Motivation
- Experimenter effect
- John Henry effect
- Observer-expectancy effect
- Reflexivity (social theory)
- Pygmalion effect
- Placebo effect
- Novelty effect
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