You are conducting a study of how chemistry majors do homework.You sit with a group of chemistry majors and try to observe their homework processes.You quickly realize you will need to alter your research methods,because you have inadvertently triggered reactivity.You are confident of this assessment because the chemistry majors are

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Reactivity occurs when the presence of the observer influences the behavior of those being observed. In this case, the chemistry majors are explaining chemistry to the observer instead of doing their homework as they normally would, indicating that their behavior has been altered due to the observer's presence.

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