What Percentage of the Subjects in the Asch Experiments Were

question 117

Multiple Choice

What percentage of the subjects in the Asch experiments were "independents" who refused to give the wrong answer?

• A) 1 percent
• B) 3 percent
• C) 25 percent
• D) 50 percent
• E) 95 percent

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