AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hypothesis: A testable prediction often implied by a theory.

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: -A research hypothesis is a more precise and testable statement, such as, “People who smoke cigarettes regularly will have a higher incidence of lung cancer over a 10-year period than people who do not smoke cigarettes.”

Detailed explanation-4: -A Hypothesis is a testable prediction of what will happen given a certain set of conditions. A good theory must do two things: organize many observations in a logical way and allow researchers to come up with clear predictions to check the theory.

Detailed explanation-5: -Outside science, a theory or guess can also be called a hypothesis. A hypothesis is something more than a wild guess but less than a well-established theory. In science, a hypothesis needs to go through a lot of testing before it gets labeled a theory. In the non-scientific world, the word is used a lot more loosely.