In Studies by DeLoache and Colleagues, 2 1/2-Year-Olds Who Cannot

question 92

Multiple Choice

In studies by DeLoache and colleagues, 2 1/2-year-olds who cannot use the information from the scale model to find the large version of the toy in the large room are having trouble representing the model as:

• A) a real object.
• B) a symbol.
• C) either a real object or a symbol.
• D) a communicative device.

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