Two Groups of Children Are Told to Not Play with a Very

Two groups of children are told to not play with a very attractive toy in a playroom. One group was threatened very severely, while the other group was only threatened mildly. Neither group played with the toy. According to cognitive dissonance theory, which group(s) should later still rate the toy as very attractive?

A) severe threat group
B) mild threat group
C) neither severe threat group nor mild threat group
D) both severe threat group and mild threat group