The Foot-In-The-Door Technique Starts with a Small Request and Builds

question 139

Multiple Choice

The foot-in-the-door technique starts with a small request and builds up to a larger one. In that respect it is similar to which of these learning procedures?

• A) shaping
• B) spontaneous recovery
• C) discrimination learning
• D) fixed-interval schedule

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Definitions:

Hostility to Reason

A negative attitude or opposition towards logical argumentation, critical thinking, or the rational resolution of conflicts.

Critical Thinking

A skill of objectively assessing evidence and arguments, to identify biases and assumptions, and make reasoned judgments.

Qualitative Improvements

Enhancements or upgrades in the quality or nature of something rather than in its quantity or numerical aspects.

Critical Thinking Skills

The cognitive abilities used to analyze facts, generate and evaluate arguments, and synthesize information in order to arrive at well-founded conclusions.