Professor Durkin predicts that because we attribute positive qualities to attractive people, attractive children get away with misbehaving more often than unattractive children do. This is an example of
A) a theory.
B) a hypothesis.
C) Occam's razor.
D) a spurious correlation.

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This statement is a prediction that suggests a cause-and-effect relationship between a specific variable (physical attractiveness) and a specific behavior (getting away with misbehaving). Therefore, it is best classified as a hypothesis.

Professor Durkin Predicts That Because We Attribute Positive Qualities to Attractive