In an experiment described in the "Can a DVD Program Your Baby to Be a Genius?" Science Versus Pseudoscience box, which was the control condition?
A)Children were not exposed to the video, and parents were not instructed to try to teach them the words.
B)Children were not exposed to the video, and parents were instructed to try to teach them some words featured in the video.
C)Children watched the video by themselves at least 5 times a week over a 4-week period.
D)Children watched the video with a parent at least 5 times a week over a 4-week period.

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The control condition is the group in which no manipulation is done. In this experiment, the control condition is the group in which children were not exposed to the video and parents were not instructed to try to teach them the words. This group serves as a baseline to which the experimental groups can be compared.

In an Experiment Described in the "Can a DVD Program