Schemas (Psychology) (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Person schemas and maladaptative interpersonal patterns, c1991.

Chaplin dict. psych.

Drever dict. psych. (" ... functions as a kind of vague standard; arising out of past experience and placing any fresh experience in its appropriate context and relations")

Evans psych. ("a mental model, framework or overall strategy")

Dict. psych. terms.

Peng. dict. psych.

Web. 3 (organization of experience in the mind)

Fischer, A. Emotion scripts, 1991.

Thes. psych. index terms (Scripts, use Schema)

Mercier, G.K. Differential concerns : perceived benefits and barriers to visitation from the mental models of museum visitors and non-visitors, 2017: p. 1 (This study looks to compare the mental models of frequent museum visitors with those of occasional museums visitors and non-visitors as a way to better understand why people do or do not go to museums) p. 7 (Mental models allow a researcher to get at the decision making apparatus of an individual and begin to investigate how or why particular biases were formed; Mental models have their origin in cognitive theory and research)

Clear, J. Mental models, 2018, via WWW, viewed July 10, 2020 (A mental model is an explanation of how something works. The phrase "mental model" is an overarching term for any sort of concept, framework, or worldview that you carry around in your mind)

What are mental models?, via The Mental Models Global Laboratory website, viewed July 10, 2020 (Mental models are simulations of the world that your mind constructs when you think and reason; Mental models are how the mind represents real, remembered, hypothetical, or imaginary situations)

ERIC thesaurus, via WWW, July 10, 2020 (Schemata (Cognition). SN Mental images and concepts that provide a cognitive framework by which the individual perceives, understands, and responds to stimuli. UF Mental models. BT Psychological Characteristics)

Nielsen Norman Group web site, Aug. 7, 2020 (Cognitive maps are the umbrella term for all visual representations of mental models. All mapping techniques described in this article are instances of cognitive maps.Definition: A cognitive map is any visual representation of a person's (or a group's) mental model for a given process or concept)

Eysenck encyc. psych.

Here are entered works on the cognitive structure used for comprehension, perception, and interpretation of stimuli. Works on the internal or symbolic representation of social or physical environments, means-end relationships, or spatial relationships are entered under Cognitive maps (Psychology).

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