Angela is a participant in an experiment and joins seven other students seated in a room.She is shown a 10-inch test line and must choose the line that matches it in length from a choice of three lines.The experimenter,Solomon Asch,is interested in studying:
A)visual perception.
B)depth perception.
C)absolute threshold.
D)conformity.

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The experiment described here is commonly known as the Asch conformity experiment, which aimed to study conformity in group settings. Angela is one of the participants and is asked to choose the correct line from a set of options. The other seven students were actually confederates and deliberately gave incorrect answers. The study aimed to investigate whether or not participants would conform to the incorrect answers, even if doing so went against their better judgement. Therefore, the correct answer is D, conformity.

Angela Is a Participant in an Experiment and Joins Seven