In Sherif's (1936) research on the autokinetic effect, he found that:
a. participants' estimates of light movement become increasingly similar
b. no participants conformed
c. participants' estimates of light movement diverged from each other
d. confederates' judgments under this ambiguous condition had no effect on the participants
e. none of the above
Ans: a
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