It Could Be Argued That Participants in Muzafer Sherif's (1936)

Multiple Choice

It could be argued that participants in Muzafer Sherif's (1936) study converged in their estimates of the amount of movement of a point of light because they were avoiding public embarrassment or social censure from other participants. Sherif demonstrated that this was unlikely when he found similar results __________.

A) when participants completed the task with their friends
B) two years later
C) when participants later completed the task alone
D) when participants completed an auditory task in groups