In our society, voting for political office is done in private. (A) Based on the

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In our society, voting for political office is done in private. (A) Based on the experiments conducted by Solomon Asch, do you think that voting results might be changed if people voted in public? (B) Why? On pages 160-161, your textbook suggests that there is a clear difference between disliking or avoiding someone because their values and standards of conduct differ from yours and disliking or avoiding someone because of prejudice. Some sociologists point out, however, that prejudice may in certain cases be caused or intensified by the fact that the values and standards of conduct of one group differ from the values and standards of conduct of another group. Explain how the experience of German immigrants to the United States in the 19th century (discussed in Chapter 7 of your textbook) might suggest that prejudice can be related to cultural conflicts over values and standards of conduct.

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43. Based on the conformity experiments of Solomon Asch the results would change if people voted in public as people’s opinion might vary due to the presence of the Confederates.

44. Experiences of German immigrants to the US were based on cultural difference as they were different:

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