Mental models/Halo Effect
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Halo Effect

The tendency for a positive impression of a person, company, or product in one area to positively influence one's opinion in other areas.

In plain language

A positive impression in one area creates a positive bias across unrelated areas. Beautiful design makes people assume the product is more reliable, secure, and well-thought-out.

In the wild

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

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