The introduction of mood induction procedures was a major advance in the scientific study of emotion and mood states because it:
A) gave researchers a way to directly study actual states of clinical depression and other real affective states.
B) provided a way to test participants who had actual mood disorders.
C) allowed researchers to compare induced emotions to neutral emotional states as control conditions in which participants experience no emotion.
D) allowed researchers to experimentally manipulate emotion and mood states and to potentially show cause and effect.

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The introduction of mood induction procedures allowed researchers to experimentally manipulate emotion and mood states, which potentially showed cause and effect relationships between emotions and behaviors. This allowed for a more rigorous scientific study of emotions and mood states. Option A and B are partially correct, but do not fully capture the benefits of mood induction procedures. Option C is incorrect, as neutral emotional states are not control conditions for induced emotions, but rather a baseline comparison for all emotional states.

The Introduction of Mood Induction Procedures Was a Major Advance