A group of researchers wanted to determine whether children behave more aggressively after watching violent television programming. Half the children in the study watch a violent television show; the other children watch a nonviolent television program. In this study, the control group is:
a. the children who watch the violent show
b. the children who watch the nonviolent program
c. the children who behave the most aggressively at the end of the study
d. all the children who take part in the study
B
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