You are conducting a conformity experiment patterned after the one utilized by Asch. Under which of the following conditions would you expect conformity to be the highest (i.e., the most people will conform)?
A)When there are four people in the group
B)When financial incentives are offered for correct answers on an easy task, making a mistake more costly
C)When there are two people in the group
D)When there is at least one dissenter in the group

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Conformity tends to increase with group size up to a point, but having a group larger than three or four doesn't significantly increase conformity. Asch's experiments showed that conformity increased with group size but plateaued around four or five members.

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