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Asch's line experiment

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Asch's line experiment was a study conducted by Solomon Asch in the 1950s to investigate conformity. Participants were shown a series of lines and had to identify which line matched the length of a target line, but they were surrounded by confederates who purposely gave incorrect answers.

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