Research papers are mostly submitted on the last date declared by the…

Research papers are mostly submitted on the last date declared by the department despite an advance announcement of more than fifteen days, what technique of compliance is this :-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → The deadline technique

Compliance means behaving in response to a request from another person or group even in the absence of a norm.

Option (1) Foot in the door technique — Incorrect. The person begins with a small request that is not likely to be refused, and then makes a bigger one; having complied once, the other finds it uncomfortable to refuse. The department made no small request first.

Option (2) The deadline technique — Correct. In this technique a ‘last date’ is announced, and people are more likely to act under the deadline condition than if there were no deadline. The department announced a last date for the research papers, and that date, not the fifteen days of notice, is what made people submit; most papers came in on the last date itself.

Option (3) The door in the face technique — Incorrect. Here one begins with a large request and, when it is refused, makes a smaller request, the one actually desired, which is usually granted. No large request was refused here.

Option (4) Obedience to authority — Incorrect. Obedience is a form of social influence in which the person acts in response to an order from someone in authority, as in Milgram’s study. It is not a technique of compliance, and the question turns on the last date, not on an order.

Note: The techniques of compliance, among them the deadline technique, were there in the chapter ‘Social Influence and Group Processes’ of the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, and are not there in the NCERT book (2025-26).

NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Compliance … It was stated earlier that compliance refers simply to behaving in response to a request from another person or group even in the absence of a norm. … The following techniques have been found to work when someone wants another person to comply.

The foot-in-the-door technique : The person begins by making a small request that the other person is not likely to refuse. Once the other person carries out the request, a bigger request is made.…
The deadline technique : In this technique, a ‘last date’ is announced until which a particular product or ‘an offer’ will be available. The aim is to make people ‘hurry’ and make the purchase before they miss the rare opportunity. It is more likely that people will buy a product under this deadline condition than if there is no such deadline.
The door-in-the-face technique : In this technique, you begin with a large request and when this is refused a later request for something smaller, the one that was actually desired, is made, which is usually granted by the person.”

Research papers are mostly submitted on the last date declared by the department despite an advance announcement of more than fifteen days, what technique of compliance is this :-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → The deadline technique

Compliance means behaving in response to a request from another person or group even in the absence of a norm.

The foot-in-the-door technique : The person begins by making a small request that the other person is not likely to refuse. Once the other person carries out the request, a bigger request is made.…
The deadline technique : In this technique, a ‘last date’ is announced until which a particular product or ‘an offer’ will be available. The aim is to make people ‘hurry’ and make the purchase before they miss the rare opportunity. It is more likely that people will buy a product under this deadline condition than if there is no such deadline.
The door-in-the-face technique : In this technique, you begin with a large request and when this is refused a later request for something smaller, the one that was actually desired, is made, which is usually granted by the person.”