In Asch's classic study, 75% of the participants announced wrong answers in a task that required them to state which of three lines matched a "standard line." What psychological principle did the results of Asch's experiment support?

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In Asch's classic study, 75% of the participants announced wrong answers in a task that required them to state which of three lines matched a "standard line." What psychological principle did the results of Asch's experiment support?

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Conformity.

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The psychological principle that the results of Solomon Asch's experiment supported was the conformity principle. Solomon found that 75% of participants gave wrong answers in a very simple task because they wanted to conform with the other participants of the group. The other 25% of the participants never conformed. Solomon also found that the participants gave the wrong answer because they wanted to fit in and because they thought the group knew better.