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Last week, Malila participated in a psychology experiment at her college. She found out after she was done that she had not been exposed to the treatment variable. Malila had been assigned to the_____ group.

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control

Step-by-step explanation:

Control group: In psychological research, the term control group is referred to as the group in specific research, study, or experiment that does not get or encounter any treatment through the researcher or the experimenter and therefore it is being used as a basis to measure or identify the other subjects being tested do.

In the question above, Malila had been assigned to the control group.

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