It took a while, but bruce finally gave in to his friends' requests to smash halloween pumpkins in the neighborhood. later that night, he was surprised he didn't resist their pressure to spray paint a police car. bruce's experience best demonstrates the

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foot-in-the-door phenomenon

This strategy or technique assumes agreeing to a small request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a second, larger request. This was invented by Renee Grinell (the Renee has a hyphenated "e")