Mental models are mental representations of reality. They provide a kind of scaffold that we use to understand the world and how the things in it are related. When we look at the world, we don't take in all of the information we see, we attribute significance to certain things because of the mental models that we have - and they become all that we see (there is a certain amount of debate about why this happens, but not that it happens). We develop mental models just by being in the world, based on the things that happen around us, and the things that we do and the strongest models are the ones that we use the most often.
The connection between mental models and success in records management
The connection between mental models and…
The connection between mental models and success in records management
Mental models are mental representations of reality. They provide a kind of scaffold that we use to understand the world and how the things in it are related. When we look at the world, we don't take in all of the information we see, we attribute significance to certain things because of the mental models that we have - and they become all that we see (there is a certain amount of debate about why this happens, but not that it happens). We develop mental models just by being in the world, based on the things that happen around us, and the things that we do and the strongest models are the ones that we use the most often.