Psychology Dictionary
  • Psychology Resources
  1. Home
  2. fast mapping

fast mapping

fast mapping

the ability of young children to learn new words quickly on the basis of only one or two exposures to these words. See also Quinian bootstrapping. [coined in 1978 by U.S. developmental psychologist Susan E. Carey (1942–  ) and Elsa Bartlett]

Related Terms

acute mountain sickness

acute mountain sickness an illness that can affect mountain...

Southern blot

Southern blot a method of detecting a particular DNA sequen...

hypogastric nerve

hypogastric nerve a pair of single large nerves or sets of...

reticulospinal tract

reticulospinal tract see ventromedial pathway.

assonance

assonance n. a similarity in the vowel sounds of two or mor...

symbolic matching to sample

symbolic matching to sample see arbitrary matching to sampl...

Quick Info

Category Psychology Term
Definitions 1
First Letter F

Browse by Letter


A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

© 2025 PsychologyDB.com All rights reserved.

Terms Sitemap Contact