An Experimenter Stops People on the Street and First Makes

Multiple Choice

An experimenter stops people on the street and first makes a moderate request of their time and money. How could the experimenter increase the chance that a given individual will agree to the request?

A) Make the request only of people who seem to be in a hurry.
B) Speak in a way that suggests that the experimenter is incompetent.
C) Frankly admit that so far no one has agreed to the request.
D) First make an enormous request before proposing the smaller request.