In his classic experiment on conformity, Solomon Asch asked naïve participants to perform this task in the presence of other individuals that were actually confederates of the experimenter.
A) guess the height of the experimenter
B) judge the length of a card presented in front of them
C) match the length of a line to one of three comparison lines
D) discuss the relevance of visual perception for studies of conformity

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In Asch's experiment, participants were asked to match the length of a line to one of three comparison lines. The confederates intentionally gave incorrect answers to see if the participant would conform to the group. This experiment demonstrated the power of social conformity and the influence of group pressure on individual behavior.

In His Classic Experiment on Conformity, Solomon Asch Asked Naïve