Researchers Investigated Whether Mood Affects Participants' Ratings of Jokes

question 102

Multiple Choice

Researchers investigated whether mood affects participants' ratings of jokes. Participants in the first mood group read sad statements. In the second group, participants read neutral statements. In this study, the participants who read the sad statements constituted the:

• A) control group
• B) population
• C) experimental group
• D) observational group

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