Dan Believes That Happiness Has Little to Do with Material

question 163

Multiple Choice

Dan believes that happiness has little to do with material possessions.He makes a specific prediction that people who win the lottery will not be any happier than they were before winning.This testable prediction is termed a(n) :

• A)experiment.
• B)conclusion.
• C)theory.
• D)hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Psychologists

Professionals specialized in the study of the mind and behavior, often dealing with how people think, feel, and behave.

Encoding Specificity Hypothesis

The theory that memory is most effectively recalled when the context at the time of encoding matches the context at the time of retrieval.

Conference Room

A room provided for singular events such as business conferences and meetings, typically equipped with audiovisual and telecommunication setups.

Memory Loss

The inability to remember information or events that one would normally be able to recall, often as a result of factors like aging, disease, or trauma.