Sherif's (1936) studies found that
a. participants would obey a legitimate authority
b. in an uncertain and ambiguous situation, people tend to conform to the norm
established by a consistent peer
c. participants conformed to a group 75 of the time
d. none of the above
Question 2
Asch (1955) designed his line judgment study to test whether people will conform to group norms when
a. the situation is more simple than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
b. the situation is more threatening than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
c. the situation is less ambiguous than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
d. the situation is more anxiety-provoking than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
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