Meaning of mental model | Babel Free

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Someone's understanding of how a system works.

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“My mental model⟳, however, extends over multiple time periods. In time period one, you import a large number⟳ of guest workers who impose⟳ adjustment costs on their neighbors, including other immigrants with whom they compete⟳ for resources.”

“[…] who argue⟳ that we still have⟳ biologically fixed Stone Age minds constituted by mental models evolved to solve⟳ problems of Pleistocene environments, principally those of the African savanna of three million years ago.”

“We are the aggregation of how all our thoughts, feelings and experiences connect⟳. This gestalt forms a perspective of the world as we see⟳ it. It's kind of like⟳ a miniature version of the world in our heads—a “mental model⟳” if you will.”

“Prior to the use⟳ of an automated system, a driver's initial mental model⟳ is constructed based on a variety of information sources, which may include⟳ a vehicle owner's manual, perceptions of other related technologies, word-of-mouth, marketing information, etc.”

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