The Smurfs have to decide who will rescue Papa Smurf from the clutches of Gargamel. Most everyone agrees that Hefty Smurf should be the rescuer, but Grouchy Smurf is not so sure Hefty can pull it off. Grouchy listens to their reasons and decides that the argument for Hefty sounds legitimate. Grouchy Smurf has conformed to the other Smurfs' decision based on ____.
a. private acceptance
b. public conformity
c. social desirability
d. a descriptive norm
Question 2
In the Asch experiment on judging the lengths of lines, the experimenter manipulated the subjects' perceptions by ____.
a. altering the subjects' social role
b. verbally threatening the subjects
c. paying the subjects to lie
d. applying group pressure on the subjects
