You are trying to convince your parents to send you to Europe. First, you ask them for a small favor (a bus ticket to a local city), hoping that later they will be more willing to send you on the longer trip. This technique is known as:

foot-in-the-door phenomenon        

Explanation:

You are trying to convince your parents to send you to Europe. First, you ask them for a small favor (a bus ticket to a local city), hoping that later they will be more willing to send you on the longer trip. This technique is known as foot-in-the-door phenomenon.

Foot-in-the-door phenomenon is the tendency for individuals to agree to a large request after first agreeing to a smaller request. The believe that your parents will be more willing to send you on a longer trip after allowing you on a shorter, within town trip is a foot-in-the-door phenomenon.

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