Becker's (1981) marriage model, for example, postulates that men have a comparative advantage in market production, while women's comparative advantage lies in home production.
The dopaminergic hypothesis of schizophrenia, for example, postulates that there is relative excess of signaling specifically via D2-type dopaminerGPCRsPCRs in the brain [3].
In data modelling problems faced by actuaries, for example, this model postulates that initially all individuals have the same probability of incurring an accident, but later this probability changes by each accident sustained.
For example, Benson postulates that Hemingway used his experiences and drew them out with "what if" scenarios: "what if I were wounded in such a way that I could not sleep at night?
For example, the genomic by design model postulates that the activity of a gene is a key determinant of its structure.
This model postulates that "cognitive reserve" (CR), operationalized as, for example, education, occupational attainment and IQ, is a proxy measure of brain reserve capacity [ 40].
Axioms of conjointness postulate that attributes that cannot be measured empirically (for example, loudness, intelligence, or hunger) can be measured by observing the way their component dimensions change in relation to each other.
For example, they postulate that the attitude expressed by 'Lying is wrong,' is inconsistent with the attitude expressed by 'Lying is not wrong'.
For example, theories postulate that motivational interviewing (MI) increases patients' motivation to change their behavior (Miller and Rose 2009) and that neither a weak control condition like psychoeducation nor even a bona fide effective treatment like 12-step facilitation affects a patient's motivation to change (Slaymaker and Sheehan 2013).
For example, cognitive-behavioural therapy postulates that 'core beliefs' related to the self, such as "I am unworthy", underpin depression (Waller, Shah, Ohanian, & Elliott, 2001).
