In Asch's studies of conformity, subjects
A) were ordered to deliver painful electric shocks to a stranger.
B) became the recipients of painful electric shocks delivered by an experimental accomplice.
C) indicated which of three lines matched a "standard line" in length.
D) were ordered to give consistently wrong answers to simple questions.

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Asch's studies of conformity involved subjects indicating which of three lines matched a "standard line" in length. The subjects were then shown the responses of others in the group who purposely chose the wrong answer, in order to see if the subject would conform to the group's incorrect response.

In Asch's Studies of Conformity, Subjects