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 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 studying ________.

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Solomon Asch was studying conformity, specifically how individuals would conform to the majority opinion even when it was clearly incorrect, as was the case in this experiment.

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