Pat's Therapist Believes That the Trouble She Has Relating to People

Pat's therapist believes that the trouble she has relating to people is due to her lack of empathy and social sensitivity, which the therapists believes is caused by an imbalance of certain brain chemicals. The therapist tells Pat that her problems relating to others will continue into the future. The therapist recommends that Pat see a medical doctor to have some blood work done to determine the nature of the chemical imbalance and obtain a prescription for a medication to correct the chemical imbalance. The therapist's comments and recommendations are based on a ________ she has about what is causing Pat's problems.

A) Hypothesis
B) Theorem
C) Postulate
D) Generalization
E) Theory