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Tomás Moreno Cebrián-Sagarriga
on Dec 25, 2024
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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 subjects 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 subjects. Finally, he recorded how many subjects 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
Control Group
In experimental research, the group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, serving as a benchmark for measuring the effect of that treatment.
Experimental
Pertaining to or based on experiments, which are structured and controlled tests or investigations to establish or test a hypothesis.
Placebo
An inert or non-effective substance or treatment given to a participant in a study, used to contrast with an active substance to test its efficacy.
- Understand the role of control groups in experimental research.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of control groups in experimental research.