Replications of Asch's Conformity Experiment Show That

question 269

Multiple Choice

Replications of Asch's conformity experiment show that:

• A) regardless of culture, people are more likely to conform in groups of people that are similar.
• B) people in individualist cultures are more likely to conform than individuals from collectivist cultures.
• C) Canadians today are more likely to conform in the Asch paradigm than were Canadians in the 1950s.
• D) when people are asked to make these line judgments on their own, about 20% still make mistakes on the task.

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Definitions:

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Correct Name

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