Recall that muzafer sherif (1936) used the autokinetic effect to measure participants' estimates of the apparent movement of a stationary spot of light. in what sense did sherif's findings illustrate informational social influence?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Sherif's findings illustrate informational social influence in the following way.

In 1936, he conducted a study on human conformity.  He put people in a dark room and told them to watch a pinpoint of light. They had to say how far it moved. He wanted to study the autokinetic effect, where the light in the darkroom does not move but people think otherwise.

Sherif wanted to apply this principle that "it is what people believe" in a study to see how people are influenced by other people's point of vies. Sherif noted that most of the time people tend to believe what other people say, instead of trust their own perspective. His experiment showed how group norms influence people due to interaction and people do as they say, although what they do is wrong.

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.

b. the passage of the equal rights amendment  

explanation:

this mean that anything that someone else could do they could do