You are conducting a conformity experiment patterned after the one utilized by Solomon Asch. Under which of the following conditions would you expect conformity to be the highest? When ________.
A)there are four people in the group
B)there are three people in the group
C)the target person is from an individualistic culture
D)there is at least one dissenter in the group

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Conformity tends to increase with the size of the group up to a point, but having more than three or four people does not significantly increase conformity. Solomon Asch's experiments showed that conformity increased with group size up to four, after which the rate of conformity leveled off. Therefore, having four people in the group (option A) is likely to result in higher conformity compared to having only three people or when there's a dissenter, which actually decreases conformity. Additionally, people from individualistic cultures are less likely to conform compared to those from collectivist cultures, making option C less likely to result in the highest conformity.

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