Ezekiel asks,"Mom,may I eat a hot fudge sundae with extra whipped cream?" When his mother replies that he may not,Ezekiel then asks if he may eat one cookie.Ezekiel is using the ____ technique for gaining compliance.

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Ezekiel is using the door-in-the-face technique, which involves making a large request (eating a hot fudge sundae with extra whipped cream) that is likely to be rejected and then making a smaller request (eating one cookie) that is more likely to be granted in comparison.

Ezekiel Asks,"Mom,may I Eat a Hot Fudge Sundae with Extra