In Discussing Whether Thinking Affects Judgment, the Authors of Your

In discussing whether thinking affects judgment, the authors of your textbook discuss a study in which participants were required to look at and rate five art posters. Participants rated each poster with no explanation or gave the reasons for liking or disliking each particular poster. At the conclusion of that experiment, participants were allowed to take home one of the posters. What was the finding of that experiment?

A) those who had to explain why they liked or disliked a poster were less satisfied than those who did not have to explain their rating.
B) those who did not have to think about their reason for liking or disliking were unhappy with their selection.
C) both groups, on average, were equally satisfied with their selection.
D) none of the above