A college student has volunteered to tutor students in a first-grade classroom.She hopes to gain a realistic picture of the everyday behavior of these students.However,every time she enters the classroom,the students all stop what they are doing and run up to her begging her to tutor them next.This student will probably never get a realistic picture of a typical first grader's school day because of the
A) observer bias.
B) observer effect.
C) self-fulfilling prophecy.
D) anthropomorphic error.

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The observer effect refers to how the behavior of the individuals being observed can change as a result of being observed. In this case, the first-grade students are altering their behavior because they are aware of the presence of the college student. This will likely prevent the college student from gaining a realistic picture of a typical first grader's school day because the students are not behaving as they normally would in the absence of an observer.

A College Student Has Volunteered to Tutor Students in a First-Grade