Gernsbacher Morton Ann, Morson Emily
a Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.
b Department of Speech, Language, and Learning, Northwestern University , Evanston , IL , USA.
Cogn Neurosci. 2019 Jul-Oct;10(4):223-225. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2019.1573810. Epub 2019 Feb 4.
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.
快速映射是一项实验室任务,通常涉及实验者为参与者从未见过的物体创造一个无意义的名称。我们展示了研究人员对“快速映射”一词的使用是如何从其作为实验室任务的核心意义扩展到更抽象地表示一种内部过程、一种儿童在日常生活中运用的技能以及一种内在能力的。我们认为这种过度扩展是有问题的。