What is the moral or take-home message of Solomon Asch's series of experiments in which participants were asked to judge the lengths of lines?

A) People will go to great lengths to please people on whom they depend.
B) People will go to great lengths to fit in with others.
C) People will go to great lengths to assert their independence.
D) People will go to great lengths to convince others of their points of view.


B

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