Our understanding of the world is facilitated by mental models, useful conceptualizations that allow us to compartmentalize knowledge. A broad definition of a mental model is “any thought process in which there are defined inputs and outputs to a believable process which operates on the inputs to produce outputs.” Therefore, a mental model might help you make judgments of causality, e.g. “if the space heater tips over, it will turn off automatically”. A causal understandingContinue reading “Behavioral Science Case-Study: Autonomous Driving Systems”