Magical Number 7+-2 bias ontology
type: Ontology
creator: Erica Andreose
comment: Magical Numbero 7+-2 bias ontology

hasConsequence
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Action
range: SuccessOrFailure

is performed by
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: performs
domain: Action
range: BiasedAgent
label: è eseguita da @it

performs
type: ObjectProperty
domain: BiasedAgent
range: Action
label: esegue @it

isAffectedBy
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Class
  union of: BiasedAgent
  union of: SuccessOrFailure
range: CognitiveBias

areIncludedIn
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: include
domain: InformationItem
range: Action

hasCognitiveCapacity
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: isCognitiveCapacityOf
domain: BiasedAgent
range: CognitiveCapacity
comment: Cognitive Capacity represents the storage memory capacity of the agent.

include
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Action
range: InformationItem
comment: The "memorization" action of the Agent includes several information items.

toBeStored
type: ObjectProperty
domain: InformationItem
range: CognitiveCapacity

wantsToRemember
type: ObjectProperty
domain: BiasedAgent
range: InformationItem

Action
type: Class
comment: Action can produce more than a single event. Mutiple events can share the same position in the sequence.
label: Azione @it

Agent
type: Class
comment: An agent (eg. person, group, software or physical artifact).
term status: stable

BiasedAgent
type: Class
subclass of: Agent
comment: Agent (foaf:Agent) who is effected by the bias.

CognitiveBias
type: Class
comment: Cognitive bias

TheMagicalNumber
type: Class
subclass of: CognitiveBias
comment: "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information"[1] is one of the most highly cited papers in psychology.[2][3][4] It was written by the cognitive psychologist George A. Miller of Harvard University's Department of Psychology and published in 1956 in Psychological Review. It is often interpreted to argue that the number of objects an average human can hold in short-term memory is 7 ± 2. This has occasionally been referred to as Miller's law.

CognitiveCapacity
type: Class
type: NamedIndividual
is cognitive capacity of: BusyParent
comment: Cognitive capacity that represent the memory capacity.

InformationItem
type: Class
comment: Information Item that the Agent wants to memorize.

SuccessOrFailure
type: Class
comment: Output of the action that returns a successfull on an unsuccessfull memorization action.

BusyParent
type: NamedIndividual
type: BiasedAgent
performs: CreateShoppingList
isAffectedBy: MagicalNumberBias
hasCognitiveCapacity: CognitiveCapacity
wantsToRemember: ListItem
comment: A busy parent wants to make a shopping list.

CreateShoppingList
type: NamedIndividual
type: Action
hasConsequence: MemorizeOrNot
is performed by: BusyParent
comment: A shopping list to help the busy parent to go to the supermarket.

ListItem
type: NamedIndividual
type: InformationItem
has max value: 9
has min value: 5
comment: List item of the shopping list.

MagicalNumberBias
type: NamedIndividual
type: CognitiveBias

MemorizeOrNot
type: NamedIndividual
type: SuccessOrFailure
has value: false
has value: true