Asch (1955) designed his line judgment study to test whether people will conform to group norms when
a. the situation is more simple than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
b. the situation is more threatening than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
c. the situation is less ambiguous than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
d. the situation is more anxiety-provoking than in Sherif's autokinetic effect study
Answer: C
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