It is one of the techniques used by marketeers or people in general to get the target person to say "YES" . This topic is of more interest under the field of "consumer psychology".
3. Definition of Compliance
Compliance refers to the act of responding favorably
to an explicit or implicit request offered by others.
The request may be explicit, such as a direct request
for donations, or implicit, such as an advertisement
promoting its products without directly asking for
purchase.
In all cases, the target recognizes that he or she is
being urged to respond in a desired way.
In simpler words Compliance is getting people to say
yes to a request.
4. ROBERT B. CIALDINI, PH. D.
Regents’ Professor Emeritus
of Psychology and Marketing
at Arizona State University.
He is best known for his book
on persuasion and marketing,
Influence: The Psychology of
Persuasion. Influence has
sold over 2 million copies and
has been translated into
twenty-six languages.
6. According to Cialdini , the Principles underlying
compliance are :
friendship/liking- “she seems genuine and nice”
commitment/consistency- “I’m committed to the
cause”
scarcity- “only one left”
reciprocity- “she helped me so I should return
favor”
Social validation - “everyone else is doing it”
authority- “he seems legitimate
8. Compliance Techniques
Tactics based on liking:
ingratiation- enhance self or flatter target
personal appeals - appeal to feelings of loyalty,
friendship.
Tactics based on
commitment/consistency:
foot-in-the-door- small request followed by larger one
lowballing- changing the deal midstream.
9. Compliance Techniques
Tactics based on reciprocity:
door-in-the-face- large request followed by smaller one
“that’s not all”- sweetens the deal midstream
Tactics based on scarcity:
playing hard to get- suggesting item is scarce (valuable)
deadline technique- limited time to buy
10. Foot-In-The-Door
A technique for gaining compliance in which
requesters begin with a small request and then when
this is granted, escalate to a larger one ( the one
they actually desired all along ).
11. Low Balling
A technique for gaining
compliance in which an
offer or a deal is
changed (made less
attractive) after the
target person has
accepted it.
12. Door in the Face
A technique for gaining
compliance in which
requesters begin with a
large request and then
when this is refused ,
retreat to a smaller one
(the one they desired all
along).
14. THAT’S-NOT-ALL
technique
Gaining compliance in
which the requester
offers additional benefits
to target people before
they have decided
whether to comply or
reject specific requests.
15. PLAYING-HARD-TO-GET
A technique for increasing compliance by
suggesting that a person or object is scarce
or hard to obtain.
16. DEADLINE
TECHNIQUE
— Increasing
compliance by
suggesting that
they only have
limited time to
take advantage of
some offer or to
obtain some item.
17. Social validation
We often comply with
requests that we view
as being consistent with
what people similar to
ourselves are doing (or
thinking) . This
technique is closely
related to conformity ,
and especially to
informational social
influence.
18. The Pique technique
A technique for gaining compliance in
which target person’s interest is piqued
by unusual requests. As a result they
don't refuse requests automatically , as
is often the case .
19. Authority
Individuals are more
likelier to comply if an
authority endorses the
product. The authority
can be an actual
authority figure such as
a medical doctor
endorsing a vitamin
supplement or simply a
celebrity.
20. EXAMPLE:
Person 1: You look blooming today.
Person 2: Why, thank you. (flattered)
Person 1: How are you? You seem happy!
Person 2: Oh yes I am!
Person 1: That’s good to know! You go have a good day.
Person 2: Thank you.
Person 1: Oh, by the way, could you lend me 150 pesos,
because […]
See how the “BECAUSE” technique is also utilized.
21. Factors that influence
compliance
People are more likely to comply when
they believe that they share something
in common with the person making the
request.
The likelihood of compliance increases
with the number of people present.
Being in the immediate presence of a
group makes compliance even more
likely.