Lecture 1 Flashcards by Teun Nieuwkerk | Brainscape

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What makes a theory useful?

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Internally consistent
Testable predictions
Empirically supported

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Proximate mechanism

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The ‘how’ behavior

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Ultimate mechanism

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The ‘why’ behavior

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