The study by DeLoache and her colleagues that used a "shrinking room" demonstrated that young children's trouble with scale models is due to their
A) trouble dealing with dual representation.
B) inability to remember the location of a hidden toy.
C) poor imagination skills.
D) difficulty comprehending the meaning of maps.

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The study by DeLoache and her colleagues specifically focused on children's ability to understand dual representation, which is the ability to understand that an object can be represented in more than one way (in this case, a scale model and the real object). The study did not address children's memory, imagination skills, or map comprehension.

The Study by DeLoache and Her Colleagues That Used a "Shrinking