Imagine that you are a teaching assistant (TA) for one of your favorite professors outside of Psychology. She asks for your input about constructing groups for productive group discussions. She is interested in making students in her classroom less prone to social pressures and more apt to contribute to discussion when in their groups. Which of the following possible suggestions to your professor
is MOST accurate with the classic Asch research?
A) ?Some students are going to conform more than others, regardless of group size.
B) ?Students are going to go along with the crowd and not share much in groups.
C) ?Students are more likely to conform as group size increases.
D) ?Students are less likely to go along with the group as different views are shared.
D
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