Dr. Lee runs a study to test whether people with low self-esteem prefer to spend time with someone who evaluates them more negatively rather than someone that evaluates them more positively. Dr. Lee hopes that this study will contribute to the broader research on self-verification, which argues that people have a strong desire for others to see them in ways consistent with how they see themselves. Dr. Lee's study tests ________ , whereas the total research on self-verification tests ________.

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Dr. Lee's study tests a specific hypothesis about people with low self-esteem and their preference for negative evaluations, whereas the total research on self-verification is a broader theory about how people want others to see them in a certain way. Therefore, Dr. Lee's study tests a hypothesis, while the total research on self-verification is a theory.

Dr Lee Runs a Study to Test Whether People with Low