Hawthorne effect

短语

霍索恩效应(指工人、学生等因受到研究人员的关注而增加产量或提高成绩);受人关注带来的提高(或进步)

词形变化

Hawthorne effects 复数 Hawthorne effects

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A phenomenon whereby a change in the behavior of a subject being studied is an effect of the change itself or the fact of being observed rather than the nature of the change in question.

词源

Coined by American social psychologist John R. P. French in 1953 after a 1924–1932 study conducted by Elton Mayo at the Hawthorne Works, a large factory complex in Cicero, Illinois (formerly Hawthorne).

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