An Experimenter Stops People on the Street and First Makes

question 78

Multiple Choice

An experimenter stops people on the street and first makes a moderate request of their time and money. How could the experimenter increase the chance that a given individual will agree to the request?

• A) Make the request only of people who seem to be in a hurry.
• B) Speak in a way that suggests that the experimenter is incompetent.
• C) Frankly admit that so far no one has agreed to the request.
• D) First make an enormous request before proposing the smaller request.

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