Janelle Is a Girl Guide Who Is Trying to Sell

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Multiple Choice

Janelle is a Girl Guide who is trying to sell enough cookies to win a trip to Disney World. Her parents don't have the time to take her out selling cookies door-to-door, so they hire Tamara, Janelle's cousin who is studying psychology at Carleton University, to help Janelle after school for a few weeks while she's trying to sell the cookies. The good news for Janelle is that Tamara has recently learned about the psychology of persuasion.
-Janelle knocks on the door of someone who says they hate and have always hated Girl Guide cookies.Tamara told Janelle that in this case it would be best to _______________.

• A) apologize for bothering them because she probably won't make a sale
• B) keep trying to sell because it will work if they find Janelle cute enough
• C) keep trying to sell because their attitudes aren't predictive of behaviour
• D) run away quickly because Janelle is uncomfortable with their anti-cookie beliefs

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