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Fast mapping is a laboratory task, not a cognitive capacity
Morton Ann Gernsbacher1, Emily Morson2
1a Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.
Abstract:
Fast Mapping is a laboratory task that typically involves an experimenter creating a nonsense name for an object the participant has never seen before. We demonstrate how researchers' use of the term Fast Mapping has extended beyond its core meaning as a laboratory task to more abstractly denote an internal process, a skill that children employ in their everyday lives, and an inherent capacity. We argue that such over-extension is problematic.
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