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=Mental Models=

Introduction
Mental models are often regarded as being representations within a particular individual's mind of the experiences to which that human-being has been exposed during his/her life-time. The creation of these models starts at an early age and continues throughout a person's life. These models play an important role in relation to the nature of both the cognitive and the physical behaviour that an individual displays.

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A mental model is an example of a composite cognitive structure that is built by combining simpler cognitive structures such as plans, lists, procedures, and so on. The process of model-building is an inherent, usually unconscious, mental activity that forms a primary basis for human existance.

Figure 1 shows the relationship bewteen the role of mental models and some of the important factors that influence their creation and ongoing adaptation.

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