When participants were first placed in a dark room alone and asked to estimate the apparent movement of a point of light, indivi
duals were consistent in their own estimates, and these estimates differed greatly from participant to participant. When participants made the same estimates in a group setting, their estimates converged. According to Muzafer Sherif (1936), this happened because conformity occurs when people __________.feel anonymous in a groupfeel uncomfortable and insecurecan use others' behaviors as cues for what's right.can use anonymity to control others
From this question we can see that when these participants did this individually they were all independent. Each person's estimate was based on his own observation. But in groups they became dependent on what other members have to say and this ended up influencing the estimates. By conformity, the group is able to influence the participants to change their independent beliefs.
