A research team told one group of people they would hear a set of jokes that were very funny and a second group that they would hear jokes that were not very funny.A third group was not told anything about the jokes.The jokes in all conditions were the same.Research with this design is:
A) observational
B) correlational
C) experimental
D) psychophysiological

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This is an experimental design because the research team manipulated the independent variable (information given about the jokes) and observed the effects on the dependent variable (perception of joke humor) while keeping all other variables constant. The group that was not told anything about the jokes serves as a control group.

A Research Team Told One Group of People They Would