Who discovered that the amount of conformity (decreased/increased) if the participants were allowed to submit their answers privately in writing instead of sharing them aloud with the group which showed that the participants did in fact know the correct answer?

Solomon Asch

Explanation:

In Solomon Asch's classic obedience experiment, The rate of conformity is decreased,if the participants were allowed to submit their answers privately in writing instead of sharing them aloud with the group

Because at a point in the trails, most participants at least occasionally gave the same wrong answer ,this pattern shows clearly that the participants knew that this answer is incorrect. so,if the participants were allowed to submit their answers privately in writing instead of sharing them aloud with the group,rate of conformity will greatly reduced.

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