Solomon Asch's classic experiment (in which subjects judged a "standard" line and "comparison" lines) showed that
a. subjects yielded to group pressure in only ten percent of the critical test trials.
b. subjects were not nervous or upset about making judgments different from the group.
c. 75 percent of the subjects yielded to group pressure at least once.
d. when tested alone only five percent of the subjects made errors of judgment.
ANSWER: c
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