Question

Ted is a confederate in the Solomon Asch experiment, which means that he is working for Asch. A college student who is not a confederate sits to Ted's right, and to his left are four other confederates. During the experiment, the following card is displayed:_____

Solomon Asch asks each student which line is the longest. All the other confederates say that C is the longest line.If Ted says that B is the longest line, what is the most likely response of the college student to Ted's right?
A. The student is likely to be happy and carefree.
B. The student is likely to be agitated and uncomfortable
C. The student is likely to be relaxed and focused.
D. The student is likely to be engaged and calm.

Answer 1

B. The student is likely to be agitated and uncomfortable

Step-by-step explanation:

This is an incomplete question. The card that is displayed is showed below.

Solomon Asch's experiments were conducted to investigate the extent to which social pressure from the majority of a group could affect a particular person to conform to their opinions even if they were clearly wrong. Solomon Asch argued that when in a group, individuals will feel pressured to conform to the opinion of the majority.

In this example, Ted is working for Asch, and a college student sits to his left, this student is the only one not working for Asch. He shows the card below and asks all of them which line is the longest. It is clear that the longest one is A. However, all the other confederates say that C is the longest and then Ted says that B is the longest. All of them are clearly wrong and the student is likely to be agitated and uncomfortable wondering if he's wrong thinking that A is the longest one.