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Hawthorne Effect

A phenomenon in which a participant will change their behaviour upon learning that they are being observed

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This has an effect on whether or not the results of experiments or studies are generalisable to the population.

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Research term

Foundational paper (s)

McCarney, R., Warner, J., Iliffe, S., van Haselen, R., Griffin, M., & Fisher, P. (2007). The Hawthorne Effect: a randomised, controlled trial. BMC medical research methodology, 7, 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-7-30