Bart Complied with His Friends' Request to Join Them in Smashing

question 129

Multiple Choice

Bart complied with his friends' request to join them in smashing decorative pumpkins early one Halloween evening.Later that night he was surprised by his own failure to resist their pressures to throw eggs at passing police cars.Bart's experience best illustrates

• A) cognitive dissonance.
• B) the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.
• C) the fundamental attribution error.
• D) central route persuasion.

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Definitions:

Devastating Toll

A severe negative impact or consequence, often referring to loss of life, extensive damage, or significant hardship.

Cause

A factor or situation that brings about an effect or a change, or the reason something happens.

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Racial Inequalities

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