Because of the Nature of These Studies, the Authors Sought

Because of the nature of these studies, the authors sought to carefully to protect the feelings of subjects who believed that they had been rejected. Which of the following is noted by the authors as a critical step they took to achieve this goal?

A) Subjects were kept uninformed about whether they were in the "rejected" group or the "accepted" group.
B) Subjects initially in the "rejected" group were reassigned to the "accepted" group so they could feel better about their situation.
C) All subjects in the "rejected" group received "bonus" pay for their participation.
D) The researchers debriefed subjects on the exact nature of the project within minutes after the manipulation.