Baron, Et Al

Baron, et al. (1996) asked female college students to rate attractiveness of magazine photos of men and then shared their rating with a group of others. Woman's ratings became more extreme after learning that others shared the same opinion as they do. The findings suggest that polarization occurred in this study because

A) participants agreed with group norms.
B) participants heard persuasive arguments.
C) participant ratings changed based on the mere presence of others.
D) participants became distracted by the presence of others.