In studies by DeLoache and her colleagues, 2½-year-olds who could not use the information from the scale model to find the large version of the toy in the large room were said to be 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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The studies by DeLoache and her colleagues found that 2½-year-olds struggled to use the scale model as a symbol, meaning they had difficulty understanding that the model represented something else (the larger room and toy).

In Studies by DeLoache and Her Colleagues, 2½-Year-Olds Who Could