It is 1951, and you are required to participate in a perception experiment. You join seven others seated in a room. You are shown a 12-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, is studying __________.

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Solomon Asch's experiment was studying conformity, as it was investigating how individuals would conform to a group's incorrect answer when presented with a simple perceptual task like comparing the lengths of lines.

It Is 1951, and You Are Required to Participate in a Perception