In a classic experiment by Muzafer Sherif that is described in the textbook, participants were asked to judge the amount of movement in what was actually a stationary spot of light
When the participants were brought into a group and were asked to state their judgments aloud, their estimates began to converge in the direction of the group norms. This process of influence is known as
a. the autokinetic effect.
b. the Pygmalion effect.
c. norm crystallization.
d. reeducation.
Answer: c. norm crystallization.
Psychology
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