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When participants were first placed in a dark room alone and asked to estimate the apparent movement of a point of light, individuals were consistent in their own estimates, and these estimates differed greatly from participant to participant.
 
  When participants made the same estimates in a group setting, their estimates converged. According to Muzafer Sherif (1936), why did this happen? Conformity occurs when people
  a. feel anonymous in a group.
  b. feel uncomfortable and insecure.
  c. can use others' behaviors as cues for what's right.
  d. can use anonymity to control others.

Question 2

Believing that others are right is to ________ as conforming without believing is to ________.
 
  a. public compliance; private acceptance
  b. private acceptance; autokinetic effect
  c. private acceptance: public compliance
  d. public compliance; autokinetic effect



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ndhahbi

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




nmorano1

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


lindahyatt42

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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