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The researchers hypothesized that being observed can lead participants to change their behavior.
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In the study, the researchers changed the noise level, pay incentives and break schedules.
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It then measured the efficiency of the workers ' performance.
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The results showed that the workers ' productivity increased when they were being observed, regardless of what else was changed in their environment.
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This is an example of the hawthorne effect.
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The phenomenon in which people modified their behavior in response to being observed, modifying the researchers hypothesized that being observed can lead participants to change their behavior.
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In the study, the researchers changed the noise level, pay incentives and break schedules.
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It then measured the efficiency of the workers ' performance.
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The results showed that being observed can lead participants to change their behavior.
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This is an example of the hawthorne effect.
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The researchers hypothesized that being observed can lead participants to change their behavior...