Metaphor and the Cognitive Representation of Computing Systems
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
- Vol. 12 (2), 107-116
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmc.1982.4308795
Abstract
In learning, people develop new cognitive structures by metaphorically extending old ones. The metaphors spontaneously generated by new users will predict the ease with which they can master a computer system. Systems which through their interface suggest inefficacious metaphors will accordingly be more difficult to learn and to that extent unacceptable.Keywords
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