TY - JOUR
T1 - A crossdisciplinary perspective on studies of rapid word mapping in psycholinguistics and behavior analysis
AU - Wilkinson, Krista M.
AU - Dube, William V.
AU - McIlvane, William J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Parts of this paper were presented at a symposium at the 27th Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Funding for the research and manuscript preparation was supported by NICHD Grant HD 25995 and by a contract from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (100220023SC). The authors thank Helen Tager-Flusberg, Roberta Golinkoff, Howard Goldstein, and an anonymous reviewer for comments on earlier versions of this paper. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Krista Wilkinson, Behavioral Sciences Division, E. K. Shriver Center, 200 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 02254.
PY - 1996/6
Y1 - 1996/6
N2 - Parallel but independent lines of research in two disciplines, psycholinguistics and behavior analysis, have examined rapid mapping of symbols onto corresponding environmental events. Psycholinguists have studied "fast mapping," a phenomenon considered critical for the rapid vocabulary expansion observed in preschool years. Behavior analysts have studied the phenomenon of "learning by exclusion." This paper reviews the research protocols, questions, and outcomes, in order to: (a) make evident their clear similarities; (b) support the argument that both disciplines are studying a single phenomenon, and (c) illustrate how crossdisciplinary discourse might benefit both disciplines.
AB - Parallel but independent lines of research in two disciplines, psycholinguistics and behavior analysis, have examined rapid mapping of symbols onto corresponding environmental events. Psycholinguists have studied "fast mapping," a phenomenon considered critical for the rapid vocabulary expansion observed in preschool years. Behavior analysts have studied the phenomenon of "learning by exclusion." This paper reviews the research protocols, questions, and outcomes, in order to: (a) make evident their clear similarities; (b) support the argument that both disciplines are studying a single phenomenon, and (c) illustrate how crossdisciplinary discourse might benefit both disciplines.
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U2 - 10.1006/drev.1996.0005
DO - 10.1006/drev.1996.0005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21344442098
SN - 0273-2297
VL - 16
SP - 125
EP - 148
JO - Developmental Review
JF - Developmental Review
IS - 2
ER -
