Question

Benjamin is a social psychologist who studies marriage. He believes that marital satisfaction has two components: the ability to trust one’s partner and a belief that one can be a good spouse. He conducts a study to test his ideas. Assuming that his data match his theory, which of the following statements should he make?

Answer 1

The correct answer would be, The data provide support for my theory.

Step-by-step explanation:

Benjamin is a social psychologist who studies marriages. He believes that the success of marriages and the satisfaction in it has two components: one is the ability to trust one's partner and second is the belief that one can be a good spouse.

His studies show that a successful marriage depends upon the mutual trust and understanding between the both partners and also their faith on each other.

To check his belief, he conducted a test with different couples. His test results came out to be the same as his belief. So he would surly make this statement that 'The data provide support for my theory', because he had a belief, and to test that he conducted test in real time and his test result and findings showed that his theory was right.