In a Series of Experiments, Why Did Solomon Asch (1951

question 69

Multiple Choice

In a series of experiments, why did Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) ask participants to judge the lengths of lines that were clearly different from one another? Asch

• A) wanted to study conformity in ambiguous situations.
• B) believed that people would conform in their judgments.
• C) wanted to study conformity in unambiguous situations.
• D) believed that Muzafer Sherif's experiments were fatally flawed.

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