What Compliance-Gaining Strategy Is the Child Using in the Dialogue

question 144

Multiple Choice

What compliance-gaining strategy is the child using in the dialogue that follows?
Child: "Mom, can I stay home from school today so we can go to Disneyland?"
Parent: "No."
Child, "Well, then can I at least go to a friend's house after school to play?"
Parent: "O.K."

• A) foot in the door
• B) door in the face
• C) lowball tactic
• D) that's not all tactic

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Definitions:

Domain

In mathematics, the set of all possible input values for which a function is defined.

Rational Function

A function represented by the ratio of two polynomials, where the denominator is not zero.

Rational Expression

A rational expression is a fraction where the numerator and/or the denominator are polynomials.

Simplify

The process of reducing a mathematical expression or equation to its most concise and simple form, removing parenthesis and combining like terms when possible.