Stephanie is observing a group of adolescents at the mall and documenting their rate of swearing.The group keeps looking over at Stephanie and pointing at her,and they get louder and more obnoxious the longer she observes them.Which term best describes Stephanie's effect on the group

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Stephanie's presence and observation is affecting the behavior of the group, causing them to become more obnoxious and loud, which is an example of reactivity. Demand characteristics refer to when participants in a study alter their behavior to align with perceived expectations, disrupting refers to interrupting or distracting from a process or activity, and confounding refers to a variable that causes a false association between two other variables.

Stephanie Is Observing a Group of Adolescents at the Mall