Subjects in Sherif's experiments who were asked to estimate how far the light beam was moving (it wasn't moving, but it looked like it was due to the autokinetic effect) demonstrated:

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The subjects in Sherif's experiments who were asked to estimate how far the light beam was moving demonstrated private acceptance, which means they genuinely believed that the light was moving and adjusted their estimates based on the estimates of others. This is different from public compliance, where people go along with others to avoid rejection or gain social approval, but do not actually believe in what they are doing or saying. Collective resistance and norm resistance refer to situations where people resist social influence, which is not applicable here. Normative social influence is the pressure to conform to the norms of a group in order to fit in, which is not exactly what was happening in Sherif's experiments.

Subjects in Sherif's Experiments Who Were Asked to Estimate How