A researcher asks participants to imagine that they have been excluded from their circle of friends and then takes images of their brains using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning technology. The images generated in this study would be considered ________ data.
A) experience sampling
B) experimental B
C) L
D) projective

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The images generated from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning technology in this study are considered experimental data because they are obtained from an experiment designed to observe the effects of a specific condition (imagined social exclusion) on brain activity.

A Researcher Asks Participants to Imagine That They Have Been