Professor Mateo is designing an experiment to test whether playing music during his exams improves students' grades. The students are unaware that this grade is not part of their cumulative average. Which of the following will increase the mundane realism of his study?
A) conducting the study in his classroom
B) conducting the study in a research laboratory
C) assessing students while taking a practice exam that does not count toward their final grade
D) having students imagine that they are listening to music as they take their exam

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Assessing students while taking a practice exam that does not count toward their final grade increases the mundane realism of the study because it makes the situation more similar to a real exam setting.

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