When university students in the United States walk into a classroom on the first day, they observe the following facts: there is an adult standing in the front of the classroom with a folder open on a podium and a stack of papers on the desk. They link these facts with the following interpretation: this is the instructor. Linking fact and interpretation in this way is called
A) assuming.
B) objectivizing.
C) hypothesizing.
D) theorizing.

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Hypothesizing involves making an educated guess or assumption based on observed facts, which is what the students are doing by linking the observed facts to the interpretation that the person is the instructor.

When University Students in the United States Walk into a Classroom