General Studies · Social Psychology
The 'Hawthorne effect' refers to which of the following phenomena?
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- 1Individuals in a group usually perform poorly due to high anxiety.
- 2People tend to decrease their productivity when they work in large teams.
- 3Individuals modify or improve an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed.✓
- 4Group decisions are always more conservative than individual decisions.
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Individuals modify or improve an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed.
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