Question

In surveys conducted by Gerald, many adolescents report that they started smoking cigarettes because of peer pressure. While observing adolescent groups, however, Gerald rarely sees adolescents offering each other cigarettes or putting pressure on others to smoke. Gerald predicts that if he conducts further studies on this topic, he will be able to prove that peer pressure is not the primary reason that adolescents start smoking cigarettes. In the context of psychology’s scientific method, Gerald is basing his further studies on:

Answer 1

Answer: hypothesis

Explanation:

What is a hypothesis ?

Hypothesis is an uncertain or a non definite statement about a relationship that may exist between two or more variables, this statement need to be put under the test in order to get the proof of that prediction.

Hypothesis can be accepted or rejected depending on what the outcome of the test result was or is.

For example above Gerald wants to prove a statement or test a statement that that peer pressure is not the primary reason that adolescents start smoking cigarettes.