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Cognitive maps (Psychology)


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

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    • Maps, Cognitive (Psychology)
    • Mental models
    • Models, Mental

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    • found: Work cat.: 96-15309: Changing visions, 1996(Cognitive maps are mental representations of the worlds in which we live. Built on our individual experiences, recorded as memories, and tested against the unceasing demands of reality)
    • found: Thes. psych. index terms(Cognitive map: internal or symbolic representations of social or physical environments, means-end relationships, or spatial relationships)
    • found: Peng. dict. psych.(Cognitive map: term coined by E.C. Tolman; phenomenological reality of an image-like map of the physical layout)
    • found: English, H.B. Comprehensive dict. of psych. and psychoanalytical terms(Cognitive map: a hypothesized representation of an organism of the means-end relationships by which a goal can be obtained or of certain portions of such relationships)
    • found: Encyc. dict. psych.(Cognitive map)
    • found: 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)
    • notfound: Hennepin

  • LC Classification

    • BF314

  • General Notes

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

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    • Note under [Schemas (Psychology)]

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  • Change Notes

    • 2006-08-15: new
    • 2020-09-04: revised

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