Aya is a developmental psychologist who is interested in studying children's acrophobia (i.e., fear of heights). In her experimental study, she randomly assigns some infants to crawl to their mothers on the floor. Other infants must crawl across a glass table (allowing them to see how high they were off of the ground) to get to their mothers. In Aya's study, who is in the control condition?
A) participants who crawl on the floor
B) participants who crawl on the glass table
C) participants who show a fear of heights
D) participants who do not show a fear of heights

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The control condition in an experiment is the group that is not exposed to the experimental treatment. In this case, the infants crawling on the floor are not exposed to the height element, making them the control group.

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