Which of the following statements is not a hypothesis?
a. Aggressive behaviors in female rats will be increased by
testosterone administration, compared to a control group.
b. Anxiety disorders are caused by a combination of genetic and
environmental influences.
c. College students with higher conscientiousness will achieve
higher overall GPAs than those with lower conscientiousness.
d. Rats with damage to their cerebellum will display deficits in
motor coordination, using the rotarod test.
Answer
Answer: b. Anxiety disorders are caused by a combination
of genetic and environmental influences.
Explanation:
Hypothesis: A statement which we are
going to test through experiment called hypothesis. It means
hypothesis is just an assumption and it has no proof. That’s why
hypothesis doesn’t build cause and effect relationship between
variables.
In the above case, Statements a,c and d didn’t build causal
relationship between variables. They just explaining the
situations. That’s why they are hypotheses. But statement b build
the causal relationship between Anxiety disorders and genetic,
environmental influences. That’s why statement b is not a
hypothesis because hypothesis never try to build causal
relationship between variables.
