Solomon Asch Set Up an Experiment in Which Eight People

question 29

Multiple Choice

Solomon Asch set up an experiment in which eight people were shown a 10-inch line and then had to choose the line that matched it in length from a choice of three other lines.Through this experiment,Asch was studying

• A)bystander apathy.
• B)social loafing.
• C)groupthink.
• D)conformity.

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