Mental models/Choice Architecture
Behavioral & Decision Making

Choice Architecture

The practice of designing the environment in which people make choices in ways that influence their decisions while preserving freedom of choice.

In plain language

The way options are arranged influences which one gets chosen. Order, grouping, defaults, and labels all steer decisions without restricting them.

In the wild

Implementations of this model aren’t wired to this view yet — they live in the implementations table.

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