Watching progress unfold, especially in modern workplaces driven by metrics and surveillance, can have unexpected psychological consequences—a fact illuminated by a phenomenon now known as the "monitoring frequency effect." This effect, rooted in decades-old folk wisdom like the adage “A watched...
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Recent research, rigorously documented in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, reveals a fascinating psychological phenomenon now known as the “monitoring frequency effect”—a quantifiable distortion in how individuals perceive progress when they monitor a process more often. The...
The sensation that “a watched pot never boils” is more than just an old proverb—it has real roots in how human cognition interprets progress when subjected to frequent observation. Recent research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General by Andre Vaz, Andre Mata, and Clayton...