Vusi Is Trying to Pick Up a Woman at a Bar.Instead

question 48

Multiple Choice

Vusi is trying to pick up a woman at a bar.Instead of approaching her with a boring 'standard line' (e.g., 'Can I buy you a drink?') , he tries something new.He asks, 'Can I buy you a diamond?' Even though he has no intention of buying the woman a diamond (at least not right away) , he hopes that this will capture her attention.Social psychologists would say that Vusi is using the ____ social influence technique.

• A)legitimisation-of-paltry-favours
• B)labelling
• C)disrupt-and-reframe
• D)pique

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