AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hypotheses are proposed explanations for a narrow set of phenomena. They are not guesses. Theories are powerful explanations for a wide range of phenomena. Accepted theories are not tenuous.

Detailed explanation-2: -A hypothesis is a specific, testable prediction or claim about what you expect to observe, given a set of circumstances. A theory is a broader statement used to account for an existing body of knowledge and to also provide unique predictions to extend that body of knowl-edge.

Detailed explanation-3: -While a causal hypothesis is a proposed explanation, a prediction is the expected result of a test that is derived, by deduction, from a hypothesis (or theory, a notion I will discuss shortly). The expected result is a logical consequence of assuming that the hypothesis (or theory) being tested is correct.