Editing Fast mapping (section)

=== Socioeconomic status ===

Children growing up in a low-socioeconomic status environment receive less attention than those in high-socioeconomic status environments. As a result, these children may be exposed to fewer words and therefore their language development may suffer.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kirk | first1 = E. | last2 = Howlett | first2 = N. | last3 = Pine | first3 = K. J. | last4 = Fletcher | first4 = B. | year = 2013 | title = To Sign or Not to Sign? The Impact of Encouraging Infants to Gesture on Infant Language and Maternal Mind-Mindedness | journal = Child Development | volume = 84 | issue = 2| pages = 574–590 | doi = 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01874.x | pmid = 23033858 | url = http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/83741/1/To_Sign_or_Not_to_Sign._Kirk_Pine_Howlett_Fletcher..docx | url-access = subscription }}</ref> On norm-references vocabulary tests, children from low- socioeconomic homes tend to score lower than same-age children from a high-socioeconomic environment. However, when examining their fast mapping abilities there were no significant differences observed in their ability to learn and remember novel words.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last1=Horton-Ikard|first1=R|last2=Weismer|first2=S|s2cid=6227549|title=A Preliminary Examination of Vocabulary and Word Learning in African American Toddlers from Middle and Low Socioeconimc Status Homes|journal=American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology|volume=16|issue=4|pages=381–392|doi=10.1044/1058-0360(2007/041)|pmid=17971497|year=2007}}</ref> Children from low SES families were able to use multiple sources of information in order to fast map novel words. When working with children from low SES homes, providing a context of the word that attributes meaning, is a linguistic strategy that can benefit the child's word knowledge development.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal|last1=Spencer|first1=E.J|last2=Schuele|first2=C|title=An Examination of Fast Mapping Skills in Preschool Children from Families with Low Socioeconomic Status|journal=Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics|volume=26|issue=10|pages=845–862|doi=10.3109/02699206.2012.705215|year=2012|pmid=22954365|s2cid=32809404}}</ref>