Demand characteristics
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In research, and particularly psychology, demand characteristics refers to an experimental artifact whereby participants unconsciously change their responses after forming an interpretation of the experiment's purpose.[1] Demand characteristics are typically to be confounding variables, affecting participant behaviour in ways other than intended by the researcher.
References
edit- ↑ Orne, Martin T. Demand Characteristics and the concept of Quasi-Controls. in Artifacts in Behavioral Research: Robert Rosenthal and Ralph L. Rosnow's Classic Books, beginning with page 110
See also
edit- Demand characteristics (Wikipedia)