AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A hypothesis provides a testable claim for your research and identifies your variables clearly. The ensuing study can then either prove or disprove your hypothesis. In comparison, predictions use your observations to form conclusions.

Detailed explanation-2: -A hypothesis is an idea about how something works that can be tested using experiments. A prediction says what will happen in an experiment if the hypothesis is correct.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -In scientific reasoning, a hypothesis is constructed before any applicable research has been done. A theory, on the other hand, is supported by evidence: it’s a principle formed as an attempt to explain things that have already been substantiated by data.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hypothesis: Marigolds deter asparagus beetles. Prediction: If marigolds deter asparagus beetles, and we grow asparagus next to marigolds, then we should find fewer asparagus beetles when asparagus plants are planted with marigolds.