Researchers investigated whether mood affects participants' ratings of jokes.Participants in the first mood group read sad statements.In the second group,participants read neutral statements.In this study,the participants who read the sad statements constituted the:
A) control group
B) population
C) experimental condition
D) observational group

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The participants who read the sad statements were part of the experimental condition because they were being exposed to the independent variable (mood manipulation). The control group would not have been exposed to any manipulation and would be used as a baseline for comparison. The population refers to the entire group of people that the researchers are interested in. The observational group is typically used in observational studies, where the researchers observe and record data without manipulating any variables.

Researchers Investigated Whether Mood Affects Participants' Ratings of Jokes