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One reason that social psychology took a long time to begin studying long-term relationships was because watching humans behave can change their natural behaviors. this is an example of ________ and something researchers have to be very concerned about.

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This is an example of "The Observer Effect". Researchers will get skewed or inaccurate data if they don't take this "Observer Effect" into account when conducting research or studies.
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