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

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Bart's compliance with a small request (smashing pumpkins) leading to compliance with a larger request (throwing eggs at police cars) is an example of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon, where agreeing to a small request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a larger request later.

Bart Complied with His Friends' Request to Join Them in Smashing