Abby Compliments Sharon on Her New Outfit, Despite Thinking It

Abby compliments Sharon on her new outfit, despite thinking it is not flattering at all. According to the "new look" at dissonance theory,

A) Abby must feel physiological arousal after her lie in order to feel cognitive dissonance.
B) Abby will feel dissonance because she felt her only choice was to flatter Sharon when Sharon asked her, "How do I look?"
C) Abby will not feel dissonance because Sharon's outfit is not personally important to Abby.
D) Abby will come to believe that Sharon's outfit is flattering in the same way that an observer might infer Abby's attitude from her behavior.

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