Consider this situation: A group of troubled, misbehaving high school students is assembled to meet twice weekly after school with the goal of improving the students' behavior. A school counselor is assigned to lead the group. Initially, the students exhibit clear opposition to this aim; they do not work together and laugh at the entire proposition.

Using what you know about the relationship between attitude and action, propose a strategy the group leader could use to improve their attitudes and accomplish the group's stated goal.

Be sure to include a description of key terms like attitude, foot-in-the-door phenomenon, role-playing and cognitive-dissonance.