If Dr. Smith has tested a hypothesis and the findings have failed to support the hypothesis, what influence will this have on Dr. Smith's theory?. Psychology

It will support the theory because hypotheses attempt to disprove theories.

It will require that the theory be reconsidered because hypotheses allow the theory to be tested.

It will have little effect on the theory because hypotheses are merely predictions based on the theory.

It will cause the theory to be rejected because the hypothesis, and therefore the theory, is unsupported.