How did Aronson and Mettee manipulate self-esteem in their article on self-esteem and dishonest behavior?
A) They selected subjects who rated themselves as either high or low on a standardized test of self-esteem.
B) They gave subjects false feedback about their personalities based on results of a personality test they had taken.
C) They made the cheating task much more tempting for those subjects in the low-self-esteem condition.
D) They told people in the low-self-esteem condition that others found them to be physically unattractive.
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