Julia has found that her teacher often believes the excuses she has made up for not getting her homework done. At first, all Julia needs to do is pout a bit and say, "Oh, I forgot it. Can I bring it in tomorrow?" But after a few weeks her teacher no longer accepts this excuse, so instead she pouts a bit more dramatically and whines, "I really tried to do it, Ms. Smith, but I didn't feel well, and my mom made me go to bed before I could get it done." Eventually that excuse doesn't work for her either, so Julie tries a more extreme approach: She begins to sob uncontrollably and talks about her "dying grandmother" (who doesn't exist), until her teacher breaks down and gives her another day to get her work done. Which  concepts best describes Julia's increasingly emotion-laden excuses and why ?Explain

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The concept that best describes Julias increasingly emotionladen excuses is Escalation of commitme... View the full answer