What is the moral or the take-home message of Solomon Asch's (1951, 1956, 1957) series of experiments in which participants were asked to judge the lengths of lines? People will go to great lengths __________.
A) to please people on whom they depend
B) not to look like fools in front of others
C) to assert their independence
D) to convince others of their points of view

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Asch's experiments demonstrated the powerful influence of social conformity on individual judgments, as many participants gave obviously incorrect answers in order to conform to the majority opinion and not appear foolish. Thus, the moral or take-home message is that people will go to great lengths not to look like fools in front of others.

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