Sherif conducted a study in which participants in a totally darkened room estimated how far a point of light appeared to move. Asch conducted a study in which participants were asked to report which of three lines was identical in length to a standard line. Compared to the participants in Sherif's study, those in Asch's study exhibited more ___________________.

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The word that should go in the blank space is "Conformity".

Conformity is defined as an individual's yielding to group pressure.

In Sherif's autokinetic experiment determined that when a person is put into an ambiguous situation, it will look to other with the objective to reach a common agreement about a conclusion.

Asch's experiment determined that an individual will tend to conform with what the majority says, subordinating to group pressure. Even if this means that the arrived conclusion is incorrect.

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