You read about a group of people who are described as a "cult," and you start to wonder how people come to join such an organization. you decide that people must be very lonely and vulnerable to persuasion in order to join a cult. your guess about why a person would join a cult is an example of a(n)

The answer to this question is an example of a hypothesis.
Hypothesis refers to an intial explanation for a specific occurrence that is made based on limited evidence.
Hypothesis still could not be considered as a reliable resource and people need to conduct several types of research in order to find the true explanation of that occurrence

It's most likely choice a, it makes the most sense in my opinion.

Social and economicthe concept of international social responsibility is the expectation that mncs concern themselves about social and economic effects of their decisions regarding activities in other countries.