Using participants in different conditions that "match" on one or more characteristic is known as:

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Equating involves grouping participants in each condition based on one or more characteristics, such as age or gender, to ensure that the groups are as similar as possible before the manipulation of the independent variable. This helps to reduce the impact of confounding variables on the results of the study. Randomizing involves assigning participants to conditions randomly, counterbalancing involves presenting the conditions in a different order to different participants to control for order effects, and operationalizing involves defining and measuring concepts or variables in a study.

Using Participants in Different Conditions That "Match" on One or More