Dr.Birk suggests that since depression is associated with pessimistic thinking,depressed students would be more likely than nondepressed students to perceive themselves as academically incompetent.Dr.Birk's prediction regarding students' self-perceptions is an example of a(n)

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Dr. Birk's prediction is a specific statement or assumption about a potential relationship between two variables (depression and self-perception of academic competence), which is a hypothesis.

DrBirk Suggests That Since Depression Is Associated with Pessimistic Thinking,depressed