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Researchers (Bond & Smith, 1996) conducted a meta-analysis of 133 Asch line-judgment studies conducted in 17 countries. They found that conformity was higher in ________ because normative social influence ________.
 
  a. individualistic cultures; conformity prevents conflict
  b. collectivistic cultures; promotes harmony
  c. agricultural cultures; survival depends on cooperation
  d. industrialized cultures; norms are more widely shared

Question 2

Recall that when Solomon Asch (1955) conducted an experiment in which six confederates gave the wrong judgment about the lengths of lines and in which a seventh confederate gave the correct judgment,
 
  participants' normative conformity dropped drastically. These findings support the importance of ________ in creating conformity.
  a. a unanimous group
  b. normative pressures
  c. immediacy
  d. strength



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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