Tamara Is Anxious When She Arrives for Her First Day

Tamara is anxious when she arrives for her first day in a new office. She mentally rehearses introducing herself, so when someone asks "Where are you from?"Tamara accidentally replies, "I'm Tamara."Later that afternoon, Tamara overhears someone say, "The new girl doesn't seem that smart."Because she knows she's extremely smart, Tamara isn't upset, but she is embarrassed. Her coworker has

A) used the peripheral route of persuasion.
B) experienced cognitive dissonance.
C) made a fundamental attribution error.
D) used an internal locus of control.