[Noisebridge-discuss] A test of Excellence

[Mitchel McAllister]

Are you saying that the effect of observing the behavior will make people behave better? As much as I would like to see that happen, my experiences in the space of late would suggest the opposite.

It seems that the more a person knows they are being observed, the worse their behavior becomes. They become louder, more argumentative, more disruptive, less productive, etc. They are more likely to talk over other people, interrupt other people, drop materials or bang materials together... I call it the "audience effect", some friends have called it the "reality show effect" - the larger the audience, the worse you are allowed to behave, so the ratings go up.

- Reverend Mik
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--- On Sat, 10/13/12, Josh Juran <jjuran at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Josh Juran <jjuran at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] A test of Excellence
To: "Martin Bogomolni" <martinbogo at gmail.com>
Cc: "<noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>" <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
Date: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 7:38 AM

On Oct 13, 2012, at 7:08 AM, Martin Bogomolni wrote:

> The location of the items will be checked after a day, a week, two
> weeks, a month, and two months.
> 
> I will publish the results after three months.

Are you familiar with the Hawthorne Effect?  People alter their behavior when they know they're being observed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect

Josh


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