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.

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The hypothesis in choice A is a theory-level hypothesis because it is a general statement that could be tested across a wide variety of situations and contexts. It is not tied to a particular experiment or specific set of conditions. The other choices are more specific and refer to particular experiments or types of pain, which makes them hypotheses at the level of individual studies or experiments.

Which of the Following Is a Theory-Level Hypothesis