A distinction between Sherif and Asch's experiment is the degree to which the task might induce uncertainty. While the stimuli used in Sherif's experiment can be described as ______, inducing ______ uncertainty, the stimuli in Asch's study were ______, inducing ______ uncertainty.

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Sherif's experiment involved the autokinetic effect, which is inherently ambiguous and creates high uncertainty because the light in a dark room does not actually move, making it difficult for participants to judge. Asch's experiment used lines of clearly different lengths, which were unambiguous and created low uncertainty regarding which line matched the reference line in length.

A Distinction Between Sherif and Asch's Experiment Is the Degree