Default Mental Model

References

(Bargh & Moresella, 2008) ⇒ John A. Bargh, and Ezequiel Morsella. (2008). “The Unconscious Mind." Perspectives on psychological science, 3(1).
- QUOTE: … These default tendencies and their unconscious and unintentional nature have been demonstrated several times in human adults … Inclinations can be behaviorally suppressed, but not mentally suppressed. … 1962) that can be co-opted to play an essential role in mental simulation …

(Wallace, 2005) ⇒ David Foster Wallace. (2005). “Commencement Speech to Kenyon College Class of 2005."
- QUOTE: We rarely think about this sort of natural, basic self-centeredness because it's so socially repulsive. But it's pretty much the same for all of us. It is our default setting, hard-wired into our boards at birth. Think about it: there is no experience you have had that you are not the absolute center of. …
  >.. It's a matter of my choosing to do the work of somehow altering or getting free of my natural, hard-wired default setting which is to be deeply and literally self-centered and to see and interpret everything through this lens of self. People who can adjust their natural default setting this way are often described as being " well-adjusted ", which I suggest to you is not an accidental term. Given the triumphant academic setting here, an obvious question is how much of this work of adjusting our default setting involves actual knowledge or intellect.