In studies by DeLoache and her colleagues, 2½-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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2½-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 symbol, as they are not able to understand that the model is a smaller version of the real object and can be used to represent it. They do not yet have the cognitive ability to use a symbolic representation of an object.

In Studies by DeLoache and Her Colleagues, 2½-Year-Olds Who Cannot