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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Haw′thorne effect′, [Psychol.]- Sociology, Psychologya 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.
- after the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company, Cicero, Ill., where such an effect was observed in experiments 1960–65
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