In this paper, an overview of the wide variety of occurrences of mental models in the literature is discussed. They are classified according to two dimensions obtaining four categories of them: static-dynamic and world-mental, where static refers to mental models for static world states or for static mental states and dynamic refers to mental models for world processes or for mental processes. In addition, distinctions are made for what can be done by mental models: they can, for example, be (1) used for internal simulation, they can be (2) adapted, and these processes can be (3) controlled. This leads to a global three-level cognitive architecture covering these three ways of handling mental models. It is discussed that in this cognitive architecture reflection principles play an important role to define the interactions between the different levels.

在本文中，对文献中出现的各种心智模型的概述进行了讨论。它们根据两个维度进行分类，得到四类：静态-动态和世界-心智，其中静态指的是静态世界状态或静态心智状态的心智模型，动态指的是世界过程或心智过程的心智模型。此外，对心智模型的功能进行了区分：例如，它们可以 (1) 用于内部模拟，它们可以 (2) 适应，并且这些过程可以 (3) 控制。这导致了涵盖这三种处理心智模型的方式的全球三级认知架构。