Researchers asked some subjects to be unpaid counselors to delinquents for two years,and then asked them to take the delinquents to the zoo once.Other subjects were asked only to be unpaid counselors.Still other subjects were only asked to take the delinquents to the zoo.Knowing what you know about compliance techniques,what were the results? In other words,when did people comply the most?

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This is an example of the foot-in-the-door technique, where a small request (being a counselor) is made first, followed by a larger request (taking the delinquents to the zoo). More people complied with the zoo request when it was preceded by the counselor request, showing the effectiveness of this technique.

Researchers Asked Some Subjects to Be Unpaid Counselors to Delinquents