Macy is considering topics she finds personally interesting and is beginning to read some of the psychological research on some of these topics. with respect to the scientific method, macy is working on the step of the method, namely, developing a

third step, developing a hypothesis

Explanation: With respect to the scientific method, Macy is working on the third step of the method, namely, developing a hypothesis. The scientific method is a series of steps that investigators use to explore observations, to find cause and effect relationships, and answer a question. The six steps of the scientific method are observation, background research, developing a hypothesis, test it with experimentation, results of the experiment, and conclusion. In the first step, Macy has found interesting topics. She has done background research reading about these topics. Now she has to develop a hypothesis.