Research indicates that when people observe a conformity experiment like Asch's (in which subjects conformed to the erroneous judgments of others regarding the length of lines), they typically predict that:
A) the subjects will exhibit less conformity than they actually do
B) that they, personally, would exhibit less conformity than the subjects they are observing
C) that they, personally, would exhibit about the same amount of conformity as the subjects they are observing
D) that they, personally, would exhibit more conformity than the subjects they are observing

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Research indicates that people tend to overestimate their own independence and think that they would be less likely to conform than others in a given situation. This is known as the "illusion of uniqueness." However, in reality, most people do conform to some degree in conformity experiments, like Asch's line-judging task.

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