Ray Is Trying to Convince People to Contribute Time to a Tutoring

question 99

Multiple Choice

Ray is trying to convince people to contribute time to a tutoring center. He is considering asking people to volunteer 20 hours a week and then, after they refuse, settling for 1 hour a week. How will that strategy probably affect their rate of agreeing to contribute an hour a week?

• A) It will have no effect.
• B) People will refuse at first but will contact him later to volunteer.
• C) It will increase their probability of agreeing to it.
• D) It will decrease their probability of agreeing to it.

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