You Are Conducting a Conformity Experiment Patterned After the One

question 3

Multiple Choice

You are conducting a conformity experiment patterned after the one utilized by Solomon Asch.Under which of the following conditions would you expect conformity to be the highest (i.e. ,the most people will conform) ?

• A) when there are four confederates in the group
• B) when financial incentives are offered for correct answers on an easy task
• C) when there are two confederates in the group
• D) when there is at least one dissenter in the group
• E) both when two people are in the group AND when there is at least one dissenter in the group about equally

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