Building on Prior Research Jake is taking a break from his schoolwork to read his favorite fashion magazine.Luckily, something he reads in the magazine just happens to give him an idea for an experiment in his Experimental Psychology class.This "technique" for hypothesis generation is known as
A)induction.
B)deduction.
C)serendipity
D)intuition.

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Serendipity refers to the ability to make a fortunate discovery by accident or by chance. In this scenario, Jake was not intentionally looking for an idea for his experiment, but he stumbled upon it while reading his fashion magazine. Hence, this can be considered an example of serendipity.

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