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    Mental models represent a person's perception of how a product works based on their previous experiences. For example, people in the Middle East are used to writing from right to left while Westerners write left to right, so websites need to account for these differences in mental models. A good system model accurately represents how something works, while a good interaction model focuses on how to easily use something based on familiar experiences. Mental models can evolve over time as people gain new experiences.

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    Mental models represent a person's perception of how a product works based on their previous experiences. For example, people in the Middle East are used to writing from right to left while Westerners write left to right, so websites need to account for these differences in mental models. A good system model accurately represents how something works, while a good interaction model focuses on how to easily use something based on familiar experiences. Mental models can evolve over time as people gain new experiences.

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    Mental Model

    A Mental Model is the perception


    or representation that a person
    has in his mind of the product he
    is interacting with.
    Mental Model Example

    People in the middle east write


    from right to left, whereas people in
    the west write from left to right.
    Developers need to understand this
    in order to build a usable website.
    People have these sets of
    experiences built up, and they
    take those experience into this
    new thing that you’re making.
    And that’s how they expect it to
    work based on their previous
    expectations.
    For example, in early 2016
    Fiat Chrysler automobiles
    recall over 1 million vehicles
    due to a new shifter design,
    called the Rocker Switch
    Gearshift.
    https://www.youtube.com/
    watch?v=EQdnsrkjo6o
    System Model Vs Interaction Model
    •System Model

    How something Works

    •Interaction Model

    How to use something


    Good System Model

    Bad Interaction Model


    Skeuomorphism
    Design concept of making items
    represented resemble their real-world
    counterparts.
    If you are creating
    something in the unfamiliar,
    base it on the familiar.
    Mental Models can
    evolve over time.

    2007-2013
    ICAP Hypothesis

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