Question

While playing outside with his 3-year-old son David, Sam Johnson sees a fancy car speed by on their normally quiet street. "Look at that Lamborghini," he says, pointing toward the car. David has never heard that word before. The rules of fast-mapping predict that he will think it refers to

Answer 1

Answer:

The whole car

Explanation:

Rapid mapping is a term related to cognitive psychology that refers to the learning of concepts by children, these concepts being directly related to the exposure of information, learning and communication. In other words, rapid mapping refers to children's ability to hear the words used by adults, conceptualize them to the situation where they are inserted and memorize the word as defining the situation.

In this case, when David's father points to a car and says "Look at that Lamborghini," David, through quick mapping, will believe that "Lamborghini" is the name of the object "car" and not the name of a type of car.