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 who 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 whether people with low self-esteem prefer negative evaluations while contributing to the broader theory of self-verification. Therefore, the study tests a hypothesis regarding a specific aspect of the theory, while the total research on self-verification tests the broader theory itself. Choice D correctly identifies the study as testing a hypothesis and the broader research as testing a theory. The other answer choices are not relevant to the distinction between hypothesis and theory or to the specific details of Dr. Lee's study.

DrLee Runs a Study to Test Whether People with Low