Before a Getting-Acquainted Conversation,why Would Mark Snyder and His Colleagues

Before a getting-acquainted conversation,why would Mark Snyder and his colleagues (1977) provide some men with a photograph of an attractive woman and other men with a photograph of an unattractive woman?

A) They wanted to determine whether attractive women were actually better than unattractive women in a social setting.
B) They wanted to determine whether verbal information can overcome visual information.
C) They wanted to activate men's stereotypes about attractive women.
D) They wanted to provide the men with accurate information about their female partners.
E) They wanted to motivate the women to overcome powerful stereotypes.