This is a multiple$-$answer question. Select ALL the responses that are TRUE.

Which of the following statements about mental models are TRUE? Select all that apply.

Mental models tend to be universal.

Mental models offer powerful levers for changing system dynamics.

The mental models we use in the West have very little to do with how our economies function.

Different organizations can have different mental models.

Our families often are the source of the very first mental models we adopt.

Mental models operate independently of systems.

The only way to change a mental model is by changing the system in which it is embedded.

Mental models are always based on reality.

Mental models serve a necessary sense$-$making role: humans could not organize and understand all the information they receive without them.

Mental models act as lenses for interpreting the world around us$.$

Mental models take account of some factors and exclude others.