What Is Fast Mapping

question 103

Multiple Choice

What is fast mapping?

• A) The rapid rate at which chimpanzees learn sign language.
• B) The ability of children to map concepts to words with only a single example.
• C) The very short period of time that language input can be useful for language development.
• D) A major difficulty that people face when affected by Broca's aphasia.

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Definitions:

Social Contagion

The spread of behaviors, attitudes, and emotions through a group or society by social influence.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias that causes individuals to see their successes as based on internal factors while attributing failures to external factors.

False Consensus Effect

The tendency to overestimate how much other people share our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.

Stanley Milgram

A psychologist best known for his groundbreaking studies on obedience, demonstrating people's willingness to follow authority figures' orders, even to the extent of harming others.