Reggie considers himself to be a pretty good cook. He is in a study group that has met twice so far during the semester, and Reggie brought some leftovers from the dinner he had made the night before to the last session. The other students each had a bite of the food, and said it was "good" but didn't say much beyond that. For the next meeting, Reggie has baked his famous peanut butter brownies for the group; he has already given some of the brownies to both his family and friends and everyone said "these are amazing, the best I've ever tasted!!!" Which method of enhancing self - esteem is Reggie using in this example?

A. Self - affirmation
B. Exaggerating the ability of the successful target
C. Self - serving attribution bias
D. Basking in reflected glory