Metaphor and the Cognitive Representation of Computing Systems

John M. Carroll; John C. Thomas

doi:10.1109/TSMC.1982.4308795

Metaphor and the Cognitive Representation of Computing Systems

John M. Carroll, John C. Thomas

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	107-116
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.1982.4308795
State	Published - Jan 1 1982

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