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Compliance techniques

Compliance can be defined as the result of direct pressure to respond to a request. Unlike obedience, compliance is not the result of a command by someone with more authority. Unlike conformity, compliance is a response to an explicit request, whereas conformity results from a group norm that is "unspoken." One of the leading researchers in the psychology of persuasion, Robert Cialdini, has outlined compliance...

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