A researcher replicates Asch's line-judgment task. Confederates unanimously give an obviously wrong answer before the real participant responds. Across 18 trials, the participant conforms on 9 of them. In a second condition, one confederate gives the correct answer; conformity drops sharply.
When the participant conforms despite knowing the answer is wrong, the conformity is most likely driven by:
- A
Informational social influence
- B
Group polarization
- C
Deindividuation
- Dcheck_circle
Normative social influence
Explanation
Normative influence is conformity to gain acceptance or avoid rejection, even when one privately disagrees. Informational influence is conformity because others are believed to have better information.