AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Based on Muzafer Sherif’s 1935 publication, Asch was able to further provide evidence for the effects of conformity on human behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sherif’s experiment showed that group norms are established through interaction of individuals, with a leveling-off of extreme opinions. The result is a consensus agreement that tends to be a compromise, even if it is wrong.

Detailed explanation-3: -Muzar Sherif conducted a series of studies in the 1930s that took advantage of a visual phenomenon known as the autokinetic effect. When people are seated in a darkened room and a stationary point of light is directed at the opposite wall, the light appears to move about in arbitrary directions.

Detailed explanation-4: -The idea of norm formation originally began with Muzafer Sherif (1936). In Sherif’s experiment, he had participants individually rate an ambiguous task–the length a pinpoint of light moved on a wall in a completely dark room. Participants reported how many inches the light moved.

Detailed explanation-5: -Muzafer Sherif (born Muzaffer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, 1906 – October 16, 1988) was a Turkish-American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory.