Hawthorne Effect

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Definition

  • When people know they’re being studied and change their behaviour

    • Might second-guess what the researcher wants them to do and act accordingly


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HE is a response to…

  • Being observed

  • Not variables being changed


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Type of data produced

  • Invalid


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Mayo (1927)

  • Experiment conducted in the Hawthorne factory

    • Working conditions improved → better output

    • Working conditions worsened → better output

  • Because the workers wanted to do well for him