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Hawthorne effect
noun Psychology.
a positive change in the performance of a group of persons taking part in an experiment or study due to their perception of being singled out for special consideration.
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1960–65; after the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company, Cicero, Ill., where such an effect was observed in experiments
1960–65; after the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company, Cicero, Ill., where such an effect was observed in experiments
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| Hawthorne effect (ˈhɔːˌθɔːn) | |
| —n | |
| iatrogenic Compare placebo effect improvement in the performance of employees, students, etc, brought about by making changes in working methods, resulting from research into means of improving performance | |
| [from the Western Electric Company's Hawthorne works in Chicago, USA, where it was discovered during experiments in the 1920s] | |
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