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Cognitive Map

Category:
The Design Exchange
Type:
Method
People:
1 User(s),   1 Collaborator(s)
Characteristic:

Analyze      Audience: Client appropriate, Inputs: Concepts, Outputs: Hierarchies, Purpose: Search for nuggets, Reflection Time: Either, Time Perspective: Present situation

Date:
March 8, 2015
Summary:
A cognitive map visually represents the cause/effect, means/ends, or how/why relationships between related concepts. Cognitive mapping encourages you to look for a hierarchy in the mapped ideas. Unlike mind maps or concept maps, each node on a cognitive map is a phrase expressing an idea, ideally...

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