DrLee Runs a Study to Test Whether People with Low

Multiple Choice

Dr.Lee runs a study to test whether people with low self-esteem prefer to spend time with someone who evaluates them more negatively rather than someone who evaluates them more positively.Dr.Lee hopes that this study will contribute to the broader research on self-verification,which argues that people have a strong desire for others to see them in ways consistent with how they see themselves.Dr.Lee's study tests ________ ,whereas the total research on self-verification tests ________.

A) internal validity; reliability
B) reliability; internal validity
C) a theory; a hypothesis
D) a hypothesis; a theory