Mia is a participant in a human intervention study designed to test the effectiveness of losing weight by eating a diet that contains 25% of one's required kcalories from fat Because she is in this study, Mia has decided to increase the amount of exercise she gets and to reduce the amount of beer she drinks Mia's behavior is an example of _____
A)the Sanders effect
B)subject bias
C)a confounding variable
D)the Hawthorne effect

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Mia's behavior is an example of the Hawthorne effect, which refers to the phenomenon where participants in a study modify their behavior simply because they are being observed or studied. Mia's knowledge that she is a part of a weight loss study may have motivated her to make healthier choices and exercise more, resulting in a potential bias in the study's results.

Mia Is a Participant in a Human Intervention Study Designed