In his studies of college students' perception of line length, Asch showed that
a. the task distorted visual perception.
b. the task distorted auditory perception.
c. produced cognitive dissonance.
d. established new norms.
e. the majority of the participants conformed with the confederates' responses.
e. the majority of the participants conformed with the confederates' responses.
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Fill in the blank with the correct word.
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