David asks Nadir if he can bring some boxes to his apartment so he can move. When Nadir gets there, David asks if Nadir would put some textbooks in a box for him. Soon Nadir has packed the whole bookshelf and most of the kitchen. What social psychology process caused this to happen?
A) cognitive dissonance
B) entrapment
C) fatal attribution error
D) deindividuation

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The social psychology process that caused this to happen is entrapment, in which an individual becomes increasingly committed to a course of action to justify their prior investment. In this case, Nadir agreed to help David move, and then was asked to do additional tasks (packing textbooks, then more items) which he was more likely to agree to as he had already made a commitment to help.

David Asks Nadir If He Can Bring Some Boxes to His