Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer
Elaborate the concept of mental map.
- UPSC 2014
- Perspectives in Human Geography
A mental map (or cognitive map) is the internal, subjective representation of geographical space that an individual carries in the mind — the personal, incomplete and value-laden model of the world through which environmental information is acquired, coded, stored, recalled and used in spatial decision-making.
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