Manuel wants his parents to give him $15 for the movies. however, he starts by asking them to pay for a permanent subscription to hbo. when they refuse this large request, he then says, “fine! how about just $15 for a single movie, then? ” relieved, his parents give in to the smaller request. what technique has manuel used to his advantage?
(a) door-in-the-face
(b) a fear appeal
(c) the lowball technique
(d) foot-in-the-door

The correct answer is A. Manuel has used the door-in-the-face technique to convince his parents to give him $15 for the movies.

Explanation:

In social psychology, Door-to-face is a technique of manipulation and social influence. It can be summarized as follows: If you want someone to fulfill your true request, precede it with another very exorbitant request that this person will certainly not accept. This uses the contrast effect: the first large request makes the correct request seem much smaller.

it depends on which society you are referring to. many civilization performed rituals so the gods would with their growing season but the most well known is that of the aztecs. they would make sacrifices, usually animals, but sometimes humans as well.