Pugh and Wahrman" Whose Experiment Within the Status Characteristics Tradition

Pugh and Wahrman" whose experiment within the status characteristics tradition was discussed Chapters 1 and 5" found that the effect of gender on social influence (male > female) can be eliminated by:

A) showing subjects that women outperform men on a task similar to the experimental task
B) showing subjects that women and men have equal task abilities
C) telling subjects that women are more competent than men
D) telling subjects that women outperform men on a task similar to the experimental manipulation
E) all of the above