Recall Solomon Asch's famous line-judging studies. In these studies, research subjects were asked to make judgments about unambiguous stimuli. They were asked to do this while in the presence of accomplices who consistently gave incorrect responses. One of the important conclusions to be drawn from Asch's research is that ____.

A) people look to authority figures for information-rather than to the environment
B) people look to authority figures for information-rather than to one another
C) people look to the environment for information-rather than to one another
D) people look to one another for information-rather than to the environment

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Fabio Benetti · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Solomon Asch's studies demonstrated that individuals often conform to the group consensus even when it contradicts their own senses, showing that people look to one another for cues on how to behave or respond, rather than trusting their own interpretation of the environment.

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