Asch had subjects judge the length of straight lines after they heard "fake" subjects consistently give the same incorrect length judgment. Under this kind of social influence, the real subjects conformed to a distorted view of reality on about ________ of the judgment trials.

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Asch had subjects judge the length of straight lines after they heard "fake" subjects consistently give the same incorrect length judgment.  Under this kind of social influence, the real subjects conformed to a distorted view of reality on about ________ of the judgment trials.

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In Asch's conformity experiments, about one-third (approximately 33%) of the real subjects conformed to the incorrect judgment given by the fake subjects.

Asch Had Subjects Judge the Length of Straight Lines After