what is a Hawthorne Effect?

[Indhumathi v]

The Hawthorne effect is a type of reactivity in which individuals modify or improve an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed.

[wesley]

It is the alteration of behaviour by the subjects of a study due to their awareness of being observed.

[Pradeepa]

Hawthorne effect is applied to increase the production by providing the workers with proper environment, breaks between work and getting feedback to make slight changes in their routine.

[arul]

Hawthorne effect is a psychological phenomenon in which participants in behavioral studies changes their behavior or performanceperformance in response to being observed by the individual conducting the study.

[Nivedha Kannan]

The alteration of behaviour by the subjects of a study due to their awareness of being observed. It is the process where human subjects of an experiment change their behaviour, simply because they are being studied.

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