A group of researchers wanted to determine whether children would behave more aggressively after watching violent television programmes. Half the children in the study watched a violent television show; the other children watched a non-violent television show. In this study, the control group is the children who

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The control group in a study is the group that is not exposed to the independent variable (in this case, watching a violent show) and is used as a baseline for comparison. In this study, the control group is the children who watch the non-violent programme, as they are not being exposed to the potentially aggressive content that the children watching the violent show are.

A Group of Researchers Wanted to Determine Whether Children Would