Mental Models and Reality

Joan Marques

Chapter 5 in Leadership and Mindful Behavior, 2014, pp 73-89 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Mental models are our internal pictures of how the world works.1 They are our personal, deeply ingrained ideas about the world around us and often form a major hurdle to accepting new ways of thinking and acting. Our mental models, especially if we are unaware of them, can severely limit us to mental and behavioral comfort zones. Peter Senge, one of the prominent thinkers of mental models and the way they can influence workplaces, explains, Mental models can be simple generalizations, such as “people are untrustworthy,” or they can be complex theories. But what is most important to grasp is that mental models shape how we act. If we believe people are untrustworthy, we act differently from the way we would if we believed they were trustworthy.2

Keywords: Mental Model; Cutting Corner; Nobel Peace Prize; Moral Performance; Methyl Isocyanate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137403797_5

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