Albert Bandura studied whether children would imitate aggressive behavior in his well-known Bobo doll experiments.Half of the children observed an adult behaving aggressively with a Bobo doll;the other half observed an adult playing nonaggressively with toys.The children observing the nonaggressive adult were in the ____.

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The control condition in an experiment is the group that does not receive the experimental treatment or intervention. In Bandura's Bobo doll experiment, the children who observed the nonaggressive adult served as the control group, as they were not exposed to the aggressive behavior that was being tested for its effect on imitation.

Albert Bandura Studied Whether Children Would Imitate Aggressive Behavior in His