Question

n Asch's line studies, participants who were alone when asked to report the length of the lines gave the correct answer 98% of the time. However, when they were with the confederates who sometimes gave an obviously wrong answer, 76% of participants gave the wrong answer at least once. This suggests that Asch's studies are an illustration of __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

public compliance without private acceptance

Explanation:

Public compliance can be explained as a situation whereby an individual acts or speaks what other people say or do. This means that, the individual will conform to other people's behavior publicly without necessarily believing in what other people are saying or doing. This is done basically to conform to the society.

Private acceptance can simply be explained as a situation whereby an individual conforms  to what other people are saying or doing with the notion that what they are doing is actually right.

In this case, the Asch's line of studies is an illustration of public compliance. this means that the response of each the participants were based on public opinion not minding whether the opinion is right or not.  

Answer 2

Answer:

public compliance without private acceptance

Explanation:

However, when they were with the confederates who sometimes gave an obviously wrong answer, 76% of participants gave the wrong answer at least once. This suggests that Asch's studies are an illustration of public compliance without private acceptance.