Fast mapping

Fast mapping

In cognitive psychology, fast mapping is a mental process whereby a new concept can be learned (or a new hypothesis formed) based only on a single exposure to a given unit of information. Fast mapping is particularly important during language acquisition in young children, and serves (at least in part) to explain the prodigious rate at which children gain vocabulary.

Fast mapping derives its power from the formation of tentative working hypotheses. For example, in a group of mostly familiar items with one novel item and a novel word, an individual will quickly associate the new word with the novel item. Over time the word's approximate meaning becomes more refined as it is seen in other contexts.

The process was first formally observed, and the term fast mapping coined, by Harvard researchers Susan Carey and Elsa Bartlett in 1978.

External links

* [http://email.eva.mpg.de/~kaminski/pdf/kaminski_et_al2004.pdf Paper on fast mapping in noun acquisition by dogs, published in "Science" magazine]

References

* Carey, S. & Bartlett, E. (1978). "Acquiring a single new word". Proceedings of the Stanford Child Language Conference, 15, 17-29. (Republished in Papers and Reports on Child Language Development 15, 17-29.)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • fast mapping — Bendroji  informacija Rūšis: naujai skolinta citata Kilmė: anglų, fast mapping, fast mapping. Pateikta: 2012 05 20. Atnaujinta: 2013 12 25. Reikšmė ir vartosena Apibrėžtis: kognityviosios psichologijos sąvoka, nusakanti greitą gebėjimą nustatyti… …   Lietuvių kalbos naujažodžių duomenynas

  • Fast Ethernet — In computer networking, Fast Ethernet is a collective term for a number of Ethernet standards that carry traffic at the nominal rate of 100 Mbit/s, against the original Ethernet speed of 10 Mbit/s. Of the 100 megabit Ethernet standards 100baseTX… …   Wikipedia

  • Tone mapping — is a technique used in image processing and computer graphics to map a set of colours to another; often to approximate the appearance of high dynamic range images in media with a more limited dynamic range. Print outs, CRT or LCD monitors, and… …   Wikipedia

  • Texture mapping — Texture maps redirects here. For the 2003 ambient album, see Texture Maps: The Lost Pieces Vol. 3. 1 = 3D model without textures 2 = 3D model with textures Texture mapping is a method for adding detail, surface texture (a bitmap or raster image) …   Wikipedia

  • Bump mapping — is a computer graphics technique where at each pixel, a perturbation to the surface normal of the object being rendered is looked up in a heightmap and applied before the illumination calculation is done (see, for instance, Phong shading). The… …   Wikipedia

  • Cube mapping — The lower left image shows a scene with a viewpoint marked with a black dot. The upper image shows the net of the cube mapping as seen from that viewpoint, and the lower right image shows the cube superimposed on the original scene. In computer… …   Wikipedia

  • Tone Mapping — Tone Mapping, Tone Reproduction oder Dynamikkompression sind synonyme Begriffe, die die Kompression des Dynamikumfangs von Hochkontrastbildern (high dynamic range images) bezeichnen, also von digitalen Bildern mit hohem Helligkeitsumfang. Beim… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • LIDAR Contour Mapping — Introduction:LIDAR contour mapping is a rapid, cost effective source of high accuracy, high density elevation data for many traditional topographic mapping applications. The technology allows large area topographic surveys to be completed… …   Wikipedia

  • Comparison of programming languages (mapping) — Programming language comparisons General comparison Basic syntax Basic instructions Arrays Associative arrays String operations …   Wikipedia

  • Object-relational mapping — For another use of ORM , see Object role modeling. Object relational mapping (ORM, O/RM, and O/R mapping) in computer software is a programming technique for converting data between incompatible type systems in object oriented programming… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”