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) role-playing.

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Melanie Ventura · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The foot-in-the-door phenomenon explains how agreeing to a small request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a larger request later on. Bart's initial compliance with a minor act (smashing pumpkins) made him more likely to participate in a more significant act (throwing eggs at police cars) later.

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