Which of the following is a theory-level hypothesis?

a. In people, social pain is processed by the brain similarly to physical pain
b. People experiencing a particular type of social pain will respond to pain relievers that reduce physical pain
c. People experiencing a particular type of social pain will not respond to pain relievers that reduce physical pain
d. People who are experiencing social pain in the lab may also have positive and negative events that occur outside the lab.

a

Psychology

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In a lot of research on smoking among adolescents, the reported number may not be a useful indicator because

a. most of the research used key informant sampling rather than probability sampling. b. many people are not willing to recognize the extent to which adolescents have become addicted to cigarettes. c. the definition of what it means to smoke is not well defined on most surveys. d. the tobacco industry has been successful in keeping the number of adolescent smokers hidden.

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