Olabisi is a factory worker in a study of productivity. When the researcher increases the lighting near his group, Olabisi performs better, but he is also more productive when the lights are dimmed. The researcher realizes that workers like Olabisi change behavior when they know they are being observed. In other words this is an example of ______.

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This is an example of the Hawthorne effect, which describes how individuals alter their behavior in response to being observed or knowing that they are part of an experiment.

Olabisi Is a Factory Worker in a Study of Productivity