Regarding group sanctions, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Group sanctions involve being rewarded with acceptance for conformity and being rejected for nonconformity.
b. The more important the group membership is to a person, the more he or she will be influenced by other group members.
c. The risk of being rejected can be a threat to one's sense of personal identity.
d. Because the groups in Asch's experiment were only temporary groups, group sanctions had no effect on the participants' tendency to conform.


D

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