The Quick Association Check (QuACk): a resource-light, ‘bias robust’ method for exploring the relationship between mental models and behaviour patterns with home heating systems

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the gap between two different mental models on interaction performance through a quantitative way. To achieve that, an index called mental model similarity and a new method called path diagram to elicit mental models were introduced. There are two kinds of similarity: directionless similarity calculated from card sorting and directional similarity calculated from path diagram. An experiment was designed to test their influence. A total of 32 college students participated and their performance was recorded. Through mathematical analysis of the results, three findings were derived. Frist, the more complex the information structures, the lower the directional similarity. Second, directional similarity (rather than directionless similarity) had significant influence on user performance, indicating that it is more effective in eliciting mental models using path diagram than card sorting. Third, the relationship between information structures and user performance was partially mediated by directional similarity. Our findings provide practitioners with a new perspective of bridging the gap between users’ and designers’ mental models.

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Mental models, humorous texts and humour evaluation

Review of Cognitive Linguistics ◽

10.1075/rcl.00005.jon ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 97-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Henri de Jongste

Keyword(s):

Mental Models ◽

Model Theory ◽

Mental Model ◽

Model Construction ◽

Mental Model Theory ◽

The Relationship ◽

Manipulation Process ◽

The Way

Abstract This paper investigates how a mental-model theory of communication can explain differences in humorous texts and how aesthetic criteria to evaluate humour are dependent on the way mental models are exploited. Humour is defined as the deliberate manipulation by speakers of their private mental models of situations in order to create public mental models which contain one or more incongruities. Recipients can re-construct this manipulation process and thereby evaluate its nature and its quality. Humorous texts can be distinguished in terms of ownership of the manipulated mental model, the relationship between the speakers’ private and their public (humorous) mental model, as well as the speed required in the humorous mental model construction. Possible aesthetic criteria are the quality of the mental model manipulation, the pressure under which the humorously manipulated mental models have been constructed and the quality of the presentation of humorous mental models.

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Enhancement of effectiveness of programmed control of home-heating systems

Proceedings. The 9th Russian-Korean International Symposium on Science and Technology, 2005. KORUS 2005. ◽

10.1109/korus.2005.1507809 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Y.V. Morozov

Keyword(s):

Heating Systems ◽

Home Heating

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Information Sharing And Its Link To Organizational Sub-Cultures In A Manufacturing Company

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v19i2.2161 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Toni Powell

Keyword(s):

Information Sharing ◽

Mental Models ◽

Change Process ◽

Boundary Spanning ◽

Cultural Norms ◽

Common Language ◽

Font Size ◽

Learning And Development ◽

Normal Text ◽

The Relationship

This study examined the cultures of two organizational departments and the relationship between their cultural norms and the effectiveness of their departmental information sharing systems. The findings indicated that (1) the two departments, described for the purpose of this study as “sub-cultures,” had developed conflicting norms which appeared linked to their departmental information sharing effectiveness; (2) during an organizational change process that involved rotation of department managers, workers underwent a three-stage change process identified as unlearning-boundary spanning-re-framing, similar to Lewin’s unfreezing model.  These findings suggest that (1) department managers can play a major role in the learning and development of employees and should be supported in doing so; and (2) the organization consider a more holistic structure, where common language and mental models could alleviate and possibly eliminate the confusion and misinformation resulting from organizational sub-cultures.

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Analysis of mental models at criminal investigation division of the Indonesian National Police

Technium Social Sciences Journal ◽

10.47577/tssj.v12i1.1575 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 612-620

Author(s):

Dadang Hartanto

Keyword(s):

Mental Models ◽

Criminal Investigation ◽

Data Presentation ◽

Personal Mastery ◽

Interview Research ◽

Group Stability ◽

Depth Interview ◽

The World ◽

National Police ◽

The Relationship

Mental models can function positively in organizations if they are managed well. The management of mental models is carried out from the surfacing step, to testing, to improving the internal picture of how the world works. This type of research is descriptive qualitative research. To obtain data used in-depth interview research techniques, observation, and documentation. While the data analysis mechanism is done by data reduction and data presentation. Based on the results of research that Bareskrim is able to live and adapt between various forces and interests because of mental models. priorities supported by understanding in seeing reality (personal mastery practice) can precisely determine positions and actions that are favorable for the existence of the organization. Harmonization of the relationship between senior-junior mental models and hierarchies will strengthen individual relationships because when harmonization occurs, conflicts can be avoided and group stability occurs due to compliance with the institutions that are mutually understood (common institutions) governing senior-junior and senior relations. hierarchy either in the form of ethics or norms, written or unwritten

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Shared mental models as moderators of team process-performance relationships

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2010.38.4.433 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 433-444 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Ying Zhou ◽

Erping Wang

Keyword(s):

Mental Models ◽

Team Performance ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Project Planning ◽

Shared Mental Models ◽

Future Research ◽

Team Process ◽

Team Processes ◽

And Performance ◽

The Relationship

The effects of shared mental models on the relationship between episodic team behavioral processes and performance were investigated, while teams were using an experimentally stimulated construction project planning program. The results indicated that episodic team processes made positive contributions to the team performance. Furthermore, a hierarchical linear regression indicated that the convergence of shared teamwork mental models moderated the effects of team processes on team performance. Specifically, the positive impact of team processes on performance was found to be improved for those teams who shared more similar teamwork mental models than for teams who hold fewer similar teamwork mental models. Potential implications and relevant impacts on future research are discussed.

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The substance of style: Gender, social class and interactional stance in /s/-fronting in southeast England

Linguistics ◽

10.1515/ling-2017-0020 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sophie Holmes-Elliott ◽

Erez Levon

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Social Class ◽

Building Block ◽

Reality Television ◽

Empirical Method ◽

Robust Method ◽

Television Programs ◽

Social Categories ◽

Explanatory Account ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThis paper proposes an empirical method for the quantitative analysis of stance-taking in interaction. Building on recent conceptualizations of stance as the primary building-block of variation in language style, we describe how to implement an analysis of stance within a variationist framework via an examination of the particular speech activities within which stances are embedded combined with a consideration of the specific interactional goals these activities achieve. We illustrate our proposals with an investigation of variation in /s/-quality in the speech of cast members from two British reality television programs. Examining nearly 2000 tokens of /s/ in over 6 hours of recorded speech, we demonstrate how different acoustic realizations of /s/ in the sample correlate with the level of “threat” of a given speech activity, and we argue that this interactionally based analysis provides a better explanatory account of the patterns in our data than an analysis based on large social categories would. Through this paper, we therefore hope to contribute not only to the development of a more robust method for examining stance in quantitative sociolinguistic research, but also to help clarify the relationship between stances, speech activities and speaker identities more broadly.

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Novice-Expert Differences in the Cognitive Representation of System Features: Mental Models and Verbalizable Knowledge

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193128803200402 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 219-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kathy A. Hanisch ◽

Arthur F. Kramer ◽

Charles L. Hulin ◽

Robert Schumacher

Keyword(s):

Cluster Analysis ◽

Mental Models ◽

Hierarchical Cluster Analysis ◽

Mental Model ◽

Training Programs ◽

Hierarchical Cluster ◽

Cognitive Representation ◽

Knowledge Test ◽

Scaling Technique ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between users' mental models and their verbalizable knowledge of a system were investigated in a field study. Trained and untrained users of a new phone system rated the similarity of use of nine phone features. Their ratings of the features were used in a multidimensional scaling technique and hierarchical cluster analysis to obtain their mental models of the system. Individuals' ratings of features on unidimensional scales about the use of the features and scores obtained on a knowledge test were reflected in their mental models. Mental models of the two novice groups' were very similar except for the perception of one feature; it was more accurately depicted in the mental model of users who attended than those who did not attend a training program. Trainers' and system designers' mental models of the phone system were evaluated to determine an “appropriate” expert mental model. A comparison of the “expert” mental model to the novices' mental models suggested that several features were inaccurately perceived by the novices. Using the discrepancies between the expert and novices' mental models to design training programs for systems is discussed. A novel way to design or redesign systems based on novices' mental models of systems is proposed.

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