An experimenter sets up a situation to observe people's behaviour when they are subjected to certain variables that she is testing.However,she begins to suspect that her presence alone is changing the behaviour of the subjects.What is this phenomenon called?
A) self-monitoring
B) Hawthorne effect
C) self-consciousness
D) experiment anxiety

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The phenomenon described in the scenario is known as the Hawthorne effect, where the presence of an observer or experimenter in a study can influence the behaviour of participants being observed. This effect was first observed in the Hawthorne Works factory in the 1920s, where an experiment on improving worker productivity yielded unexpected results due to the attention paid to the workers during the study.

An Experimenter Sets Up a Situation to Observe People's Behaviour