1. Your instrutor suggested in class that the most effective models for communicating science have different characteristics than do scientific models themselves.

1a. According to the reading on bounded rationality and our class discussion, what makes an effective communication model? (one paragraph answer)

Answer sketch: Such models will: i) allow one to convincingly justify and explain, ii) do not contain probabilistic statements, iii) are simple, iv) can be told as a story, and v) invoke anecdotes and specific people (Mrs. Martha Barnaby). (Many other answers are equally good.)

1b. As discussed in class, scientific models are a substitute for ______________, and models used to communicate science are a substitute for __________________. (Fill in the blanks)

Answer: nature or "the real world"; scientific models