In Crum and Langer's hotel experiment, the group of participants who were informed that housekeeping work was good exercise was the:
A) placebo control group.
B) experimental group.
C) extraneous group.
D) control group or control condition.

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The experimental group was the group of participants who were informed that housekeeping work was good exercise. They were the group being tested to determine the effect of the information provided. The placebo control group and control group/control condition are typically used in studies where a placebo is given to one group and the active treatment is given to another to compare their effects. The extraneous group is not a common term in research and does not apply to this experiment.

In Crum and Langer's Hotel Experiment, the Group of Participants