A psychologist wanted to see if people were 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

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The control group is the group that does not receive the experimental manipulation, in this case, the group that was not frightened. The other group that received the electric shocks and was told they would receive them would be the experimental group. The terms placebo and test are not applicable in this study as there was no intervention given to either group that could be considered a placebo, and the purpose of the study was not to administer a test to measure any variables.

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