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Jody is creating on documentary of fast food eating behaviors in america. jody and her crew went to mcdonald's to observe people eating in fast-food restaurants. she brought a camera crew and bright lights, microphones, and they talked very loudly while taping the behaviors. jody said she wanted to do a naturalistic observation but may have had some problems because of the ____________.

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Answer is: observer effects.
Observer effect is type of reactivity in which individuals modify an attitude of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed. Observer effect can make experimenter interprets results incorrectly and can threat to results of experiment.
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