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  2. Fast mapping - Wikipedia

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    However, more recent studies have shown that words learned by fast mapping tend to be forgotten over time. In a study conducted by Vlach and Sandhofer (2012), memory supports, which had been included in previous studies, were removed. This removal appeared to result in a low retention of words over time.

  3. Vocabulary development - Wikipedia

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    Young toddlers acquire one to three words per month. A vocabulary spurt often occurs over time as the number of words learned accelerates. It is believed that most children add about 10 to 20 new words a week. [13] Between the ages of 18 and 24 months, children learn how to combine two words such as no bye-bye and more please. [5]

  4. Statistical learning in language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    A spectrogram of a male speaker saying the phrase "nineteenth century". There is no clear demarcation where one word ends and the next begins. It is a well-established finding that, unlike written language, spoken language does not have any clear boundaries between words; spoken language is a continuous stream of sound rather than individual words with silences between them. [2]

  5. Fed's actions spoke louder than words in inflation fight ...

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    After the first rate increase in March of 2022, however, perceptions began to shift, with forecasters eventually expecting the Fed to respond on an almost one-for-one basis to any rise in inflation.

  6. Errors in early word use - Wikipedia

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    The majority of words that children first learn are often used correctly. However, estimates indicate that up to one-third of the first fifty words that children learn are occasionally misused. Many studies indicate a curvilinear trend in naming errors and mistakes in initial word usage. In other words, early in language acquisition, children ...

  7. Actions speak louder than words - Wikipedia

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    Search for Actions speak louder than words in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Actions speak louder than words article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  8. Availability heuristic - Wikipedia

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    In other words, it is easier to think of words that begin with "K", more than words with "K" as the third letter. Thus, people judge words beginning with a "K" to be a more common occurrence. In reality, however, a typical text contains twice as many words that have "K" as the third letter than "K" as the first letter. [8]

  9. Mere-exposure effect - Wikipedia

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    He found that the primes shown more briefly and not recognized prompted faster responses for liking than primes shown at conscious levels. [5] [6] One experiment to test the mere-exposure effect used fertile chicken eggs. Tones of two different frequencies were played to different groups of chicks while they were still unhatched.