In a classic Candid Camera episode, a person is riding an elevator. The next three people who board the elevator (who are all in league with the producers of the show) face the rear. By the time the third confederate boarded the elevator, the subject ______.

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This is the classic social psychology experiment known as "Asch's conformity experiment" where people tend to conform to a group's behavior even if it goes against their own beliefs or intuition. In this case, the subject also turns to face the rear because he assumes that everyone else in the elevator must know something he doesn't know.

In a Classic Candid Camera Episode, a Person Is Riding