To examine the effect of empathy training on teenagers' bullying behaviours, a researcher splits a group of high school students into two groups through random assignment. Group A is shown a movie about an interesting science experiment, and Group B is shown a movie about students being harmed by bullies. Group A would be the _____ group, and Group B would be the _____ group.

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Group A is the control group because they are shown a neutral movie unrelated to bullying, while Group B is the experimental group because they are shown a movie intended to influence their empathy and potentially affect their bullying behavior.

To Examine the Effect of Empathy Training on Teenagers' Bullying