Solomon Asch's Experiment on Line Length and the "Groupthink" Exhibited

question 93

Multiple Choice

Solomon Asch's experiment on line length and the "groupthink" exhibited by the Space Shuttle Challenger engineers both illustrate the phenomenon of

• A) group conformity
• B) exchange
• C) group heterogeneity
• D) instrumental group cohesion

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