In Asch's studies, how many people conformed to the opinion of people who were clearly wrong?
a. Only people with low self-esteem conformed.
b. Only close friends of those who were wrong conformed.
c. More than half conformed at least some of the time.
d. Everyone that he tested conformed most of the time.
c
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