It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a 10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines
The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying __________..
a) bystander apathy
b) social loafing
c) groupthink
d) conformity
ANS: D, Asch studied conformity by using a 10-inch line and having people give their assessment of that line amidst an array of research confederates.
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a. give people complete confidence in the group by telling them never to criticize any ideas that are raised in group discussions b. require group members to brainstorm all ideas collaboratively as a team, rather than to think up ideas independently c. have different people "specialize" in different tasks or content areas d. encourage in the group a sense of being on the moral high ground