%% date:: [[2023-02-23]], [[2023-03-13]], [[2023-03-28]], [[2023-12-27]], [[2024-01-14]], [[2024-01-27]] %% # [[Mental models]] A mental model is a heuristic or cognitive shortcut that [[Systems thinking|systematises]] something complex with the goal of creating a framework that aids in understanding other, essentially similar, complex ideas. [^marie] ## General models - [[Chekhov's gun]] - [[The Six Performance Testing Hats|Six thinking hats]] - [[Aggregation theory]] - [[Forms]] - [[sources/Book/Emergence|Emergence]] and [[Bottom-up approach]] - Put it in a [[Black Box]] ## Specific models - [[Personality Frameworks]] - [[Performance test heuristics]] ## Laws - [[Gall's Law]] - [[Moore's Law]] - [[Conway's Law]] - [[Amdahl's law]] - [[Cunningham's Law]] - [[Little's Law for calculating transactions in a system]] - [[Goodhart's Law]] ## Behavioural theory - [[Prospect theory]] [^marie]: Cruz, M. (2022). *A brief introduction to exploratory testing.* Retrieved from: https://www.testingwithmarie.com/post/a-brief-introduction-to-exploratory-testing . [[A Brief Introduction to Exploratory Testing|My highlights]].