In an experiment that tests the effects of exposure to violent television on aggressive behavior,30 participants view violent programming for 2 hours.Thirty additional participants view nonviolent programming for 2 hours.All participants are then given an aggression questionnaire to complete.Individuals who viewed nonviolent television are part of the

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The nonviolent television viewers are the control group because they are not exposed to the independent variable (violent television programming) and are used for comparison to the experimental group (those who viewed violent television). This allows researchers to see if any differences in aggression levels between the two groups are due to the exposure to violent television or another factor.

In an Experiment That Tests the Effects of Exposure to Violent