A psychologist wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm.He randomly assigned half of his subjects to an anxiety group and then told them that,as part of the study,they would receive electric shocks.He did not frighten the other group of subjects.Finally,he recorded how many subjects in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone.In this study,the group that was NOT frightened would be called the ____________ group.
A)experimental
B)control
C)placebo
D)test

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The group that was not frightened is the control group, as they are the group used as a comparison to the anxiety group in order to determine if anxiety affects the desire to seek the company of others. The experimental group is the anxiety group that received electric shocks, while the placebo group would be a group that received a fake treatment or intervention. The test group could refer to either the anxiety group or the control group, as both were "tested" in the study.

A Psychologist Wanted to See If People Are More Prone