A researcher maintains that a person's self?esteem level is largely inherited from his or her parents. From this she derives the prediction that children with low self?esteem probably come from homes where one or both parents have low self?esteem. In this case, the prediction is the
A) theory.
B) hypothesis.
C) independent variable.
D) dependent variable.

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The prediction that children with low self-esteem probably come from homes where one or both parents have low self-esteem is a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a testable prediction that arises from a theory or an observation. In this case, the researcher's theory is that a person's self-esteem level is largely inherited from his or her parents, and the hypothesis is a specific prediction based on this theory. The independent variable refers to the variable that the researcher manipulates or controls, and the dependent variable refers to the variable that is being measured or observed. Neither of these terms applies to the prediction/hypothesis in this scenario.

A Researcher Maintains That a Person's Self?esteem Level Is Largely