The impact of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon is most clearly illustrated by
A) the increased number of suicides shortly after Marilyn Monroe's highly publicized death.
B) President John F.Kennedy's ill-fated decision to invade Cuba.
C) the tragic murder of Kitty Genovese just outside her New York apartment.
D) the destructive obedience of participants in the Milgram experiments.

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The destructive obedience of participants in the Milgram experiments best illustrates the impact of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. In the Milgram experiments, participants were gradually coerced into delivering potentially lethal electric shocks to another person, starting with lower voltage shocks and gradually increasing them. This illustrates the foot-in-the-door phenomenon, as the participants started with small requests (low voltage shocks) and then gradually complied with larger requests (higher voltage shocks) because they had already agreed to the smaller request.

The Impact of the Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon Is Most Clearly Illustrated