Based on the Following Major and Minor Premises, What Should

Multiple Choice

Based on the following major and minor premises, what should the correct hypothesis be?
Major Premise: Beatty, Behnke, and Henderson (1980) found that respondents scored higher on
The receiver apprehension test when the information required psychological adjustment.
Minor Premise: In a situation where people are surprised and overwhelmed as a result of a crisis situation, it is possible that the traumatic stress of the actual situation would require greater psychological adjustment on the part of the receivers, so they would report lower levels of understanding of the crisis itself (Richmond, Wrench, & Gorham, 2001) .

A) There will be a positive relationship between an individual's level of receiver apprehension and her or his perceived understanding of the crisis.
B) There will be a negative relationship between an individual's level of understanding and her or his perception of the crisis itself.
C) There will be a negative relationship between an individual's level of receiver apprehension and her or his perceived understanding of the crisis.
D) There will be a positive relationship between an individual's level of understanding and her or his perception of the crisis itself.