Simulation models can generate predictions that contradict intuitive expectations.

Evidence

Kalick and Hamilton’s (1986) model of mate selection generated the novel prediction that mate pairs formed later in time will be less attractive than those that formed earlier. This, of course, can be directly tested with human participants in a laboratory. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 860

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 860