There is a kind of counter intelligence tactic that I'm trying to figure out the term for.
Imagine you knew your boss was watching you, but your boss didn't know you were aware of him watching you. So you start acting a certain way to project the image of yourself, as an employee, that you want your boss to see.
What is this called in counter intelligence? I know there's a term, but I cannot remember the name; using secret knowledge of somebody spying on you to further your goals without them realizing.
In physics it's called the observer effect.
In the catalog of bias it is called the Hawthorne effect.
For stalkers, they call it Grey Rocking.
Interesting, thanks. This concept, "gray rocking", I've seen used by somebody I know, but in a slightly different fashion, as a means to avoid admitting he's wrong when he unequivocally loses a debate or fight with his wife or work, being otherwise outwardly hostile / overtly dominant in all aspects of life. It's like a form of shrinking from controversy, but using the exact behavior pattern that you're describing here... it's super weird, even creepy, to think about, now that I've read this.