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  2. Schema (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology and cognitive science, a schema (pl.: schemata or schemas) describes a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information and the relationships among them. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It can also be described as a mental structure of preconceived ideas, a framework representing some aspect of the world, or a system of ...

  3. Self-organized criticality - Wikipedia

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    Self-organized criticality (SOC) is a property of dynamical systems that have a critical point as an attractor.Their macroscopic behavior thus displays the spatial or temporal scale-invariance characteristic of the critical point of a phase transition, but without the need to tune control parameters to a precise value, because the system, effectively, tunes itself as it evolves towards ...

  4. Mental model - Wikipedia

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    System structure diagrams – another way to express the structure of a qualitative dynamic system Stock and flow diagrams - a way to quantify the structure of a dynamic system These methods allow showing a mental model of a dynamic system, as an explicit, written model about a certain system based on internal beliefs.

  5. Multitrait-multimethod matrix - Wikipedia

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    In this example, the first row lists the trait being assessed (i.e., depression or anxiety) as well as the method of assessing this trait (i.e., self-reported questionnaire versus an interview). The term heteromethod indicates this cell reports the correlation between two separate methods.

  6. Scale (social sciences) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a scaling technique might involve estimating individuals' levels of extraversion, or the perceived quality of products. Certain methods of scaling permit estimation of magnitudes on a continuum, while other methods provide only for relative ordering of the entities. The level of measurement is the type of data that is measured.

  7. Image schema - Wikipedia

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    Schematic integrations. The first conceptual representations to include non-spatial elements, by projecting feelings or non-spatial perceptions to blends structured by image schema See also

  8. Power scaling - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Laser power ...

  9. Stevens's power law - Wikipedia

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    Stevens' power law is an empirical relationship in psychophysics between an increased intensity or strength in a physical stimulus and the perceived magnitude increase in the sensation created by the stimulus.