Schlenker and His Colleagues Believe That the Major Advantages of Excuses

Schlenker and his colleagues believe that the major advantages of excuses are that they

A) allow us to maintain our inflated and self-enhancing perception of ourselves.
B) help maintain self-esteem/confidence when we fail, and social harmony in our relationships when honesty might be harmful.
C) get us out of things we don't want to do with a minimum of negative consequences.
D) help us conceal our actual motives and desires, particularly in cases when our motives are self-centered.