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mental models

mental models is the plural of mental model.

Meaning of mental model

Noun

mental model (plural mental models)

  1. Someone's understanding of how a system works.
    • 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.2007 December 31, Megan McArdle, “Mental models of immigration”, in The Atlantic

Questions about mental models

What is mental models the plural of?
Mental models is the plural of mental model.

Words near mental models in the dictionary

  1. mental math
  2. mental mediumship
  3. mental midget
  4. mental midgets
  5. mental model
  6. mental models
  7. mental nerve
  8. mental nerves
  9. mental patient
  10. mental patients
  11. mental plane

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