In one study, 2½-year-olds were unable to use a scale model of a room to find a toy hidden in the room that the model represented. This is because young preschoolers have difficulty with
A) deferred imitation.
B) analogical problem solving.
C) transitive inference.
D) dual representation.

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Young preschoolers have difficulty with dual representation, which means they have trouble understanding that a symbol or model can represent an object in the real world. In this case, they are unable to use a scale model of a room to find a toy hidden in the room that the model represented because they are not able to understand that the model is a representation of the real-world room.

In One Study, 2½-Year-Olds Were Unable to Use a Scale