Chambers - Blog 5

As you begin to think about project #4, what is the user’s mental model with respect to an object's personality and surrounding interactions?

A user's mental model is how they perceive an object or program to work. Someone whose knowledge of computer programs is limited will have a vastly different mental model of how things are done from how they really work.

How might this mental model contrast with the implementation model of the programmers? (Don’t get too involved with this one.)

The mental model of a user contrasts from the implementation model of programmers because the programmer knows the ins and outs of the program and exactly how the functions get done. The user, on the other hand, does not see the backend of the program and usually only gets a GUI so they don't see the detail of what's going on.