the screw you effect

A psychological term. When a participant is in an experiment you may not get accurate results because they are aware of the experiment and in turn go out of their way to do everything wrong or go against everything u ask them to.

scientist 1 "this guy is doing everything wrong"
scientist 2 "ah a classic case of the screw you effect"

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the marker screw you effect

A Marker failing a students coursework when the find the screw you effect quoted unnecessary or other smart ass terms.

Student X Coursework: "the results of the experiment may not be valid because of the the screw you effect"
Marker 1: What a douchebag FAIL
Marker 2: Student X clearly has not heard of the marker screw you effect

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