In a series of experiments, why did Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) ask participants to judge the lengths of lines that were clearly different from one another? Asch
a. wanted to study conformity in ambiguous situations.
b. believed that people would conform in their judgments.
c. wanted to study conformity in unambiguous situations.
d. believed that Muzafer Sherif's experiments were fatally flawed.
Answer: C
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