Angela is a participant in a replication of a very famous psychology experiment. Along with seven other students seated in a room, she is shown a 10-inch test line, and then everyone takes turns identifying another line that matches the test line in length (choosing from a set of three lines). The experimenter is interested in studying:
A) visual perception.
B) depth perception.
C) absolute threshold.
D) conformity.

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The experiment described is Solomon Asch's conformity experiment, in which participants were asked to identify which line matched the test line. However, unbeknownst to the participant, the other "participants" were actually confederates who purposely gave incorrect answers in order to see if the real participant would conform and give an incorrect answer as well. Therefore, the experiment is best described as studying conformity.

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