A psychologist wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm

He randomly assigned half of his participants to an anxiety group and then told them that, as part of the study, they would receive electric shocks. He did not frighten the other group of participants. Finally, he recorded how many participants in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone. In this study, the group that was NOT frightened would be called the ____________ group.
a) experimental
b) control
c) placebo
d) test


ANS: B, Those participants who receive the independent variable make up the experimental group or groups, whereas those who receive none of the independent variable make up the control group.

Psychology

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Psychology