Aya is a developmental psychologist who is interested in studying children's acrophobia (i.e., fear of heights). In her experimental study, she randomly assigns some infants to crawl to their mothers on the floor. Other infants must crawl across a glass table (allowing them to see how high they were off of the ground) to get to their mothers. In her study, who is in the control condition?
A) participants who crawl on the floor
B) participants who crawl on the glass table
C) participants who show a fear of heights
D) participants who do not show a fear of heights

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The control condition is the condition where there is no manipulation of the independent variable, which in this case is exposure to heights. In Aya's study, the participants who crawl on the floor are the control group because they are not exposed to the glass table and therefore not exposed to the fear-inducing stimulus.

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