Tamika Met Samantha Who Was New to the School

Tamika met Samantha who was new to the school.Tamika began to develop a friendship with Samantha and soon they became good friends.Then Tamika learned that Samantha had been a troublemaker at her old school.Tamika liked Samantha but now saw her as a trouble maker.Tamika finally resolved these conflicting emotions by deciding that Samantha should be admired for turning over a new leaf at her new school.This is can be explained by

A) implicit egotism theory.
B) maladaptive gullibility.
C) cognitive dissonance theory.
D) self-monitoring theory.