Caden, a 19-month-old boy, tries to put on a shoe that belongs to his younger brother. The shoe is small for his feet, and he starts to cry. In the context of the Piagetian approach to cognitive development, Caden is exhibiting

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Caden is exhibiting a scale error, which is a failure to integrate information about an object's size into decisions about how to interact with it. This is common in young children who do not yet have a fully developed understanding of size and scale.

Caden, a 19-Month-Old Boy, Tries to Put on a Shoe