Mental model

Synonyms for "mental model" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Adjective(4 words)
abstract modelbase conceptbasic conceptcognitive construct
Noun(8 words)
belief networkbiology conceptscircuit conceptcognitive frameworkcognitive modelcollective schemaconcept in physics educationconcept model

Strong matches (17)

Noun(10 words)
conceptionsconceptual frameworkconceptual mapconceptual modelcore historical conceptcourse conceptcuracoafit framegroup mental modelhypothetical model
Adjective(7 words)
conceptual atom modelconceptual ideaconceptual mechanical interactionconceptual model approachconceptual understandingfigurative conceptheuristic algorithm

Related words (28)

Adjective(9 words)
imaginary worldlinguistic conceptmechanical conceptmodeled realitymolecular modelrepresentational modelscientific conceptstheoretical constructunobservable concept
Noun(19 words)
information processing systemsinteraction modelinternal modelinternal representationkinematics idealesson conceptmath conceptmore conceptualnotional modelnumber line modelpsychological theoryschemashared mental modelstructural conceptsystems thinking frameworktheoretical exerciseuser modelvirtual modelwater-molecule model

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries
belief systemcognitioncognitive structureconceptual modelmodelrepresentationshared cognition

More specific

15 entries
causal modelconceptual schemadevice modeldomain schemaexpert mental modelexpert user modelmechanistic modelnaive mental modelnovice user modelorganizational mental modelprobabilistic modelshared schemasimulation modelsoftware modelteam mental model

Collocations

6 entries
accurate mental modelconceptual mental modeldynamic mental modelnaive mental modelrobust mental modelshared mental model

Inflections

1 entries
mental models

Derivations

2 entries
mental modelingmental modelling

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

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[…] 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.

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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.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary