The dual representation hypothesis is used in an attempt to explain why children
A) make scale errors.
B) make poor judgments regarding peers.
C) make inferences about caregivers that are often wrong.
D) have difficulty forming attachments to both a mother and a father.

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The dual representation hypothesis suggests that young children have difficulty understanding that an object can have multiple representations (such as a small toy car and a real car), leading them to make scale errors by treating the toy version as though it were the real thing.

The Dual Representation Hypothesis Is Used in an Attempt to Explain