A 2 1/2-year old child watches an experimenter hide a toy in a large room, and later tries to find a smaller version of the toy in a small, scale-model version of the room. Under what circumstances, if any, is the child likely to find the toy quickly?

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Children at this age often struggle with symbolic reasoning, but if they are told that the room was "shrunk," they may be more likely to understand the relationship between the large room and the model, treating it as the same space rather than a symbol.

A 2 1/2-Year Old Child Watches an Experimenter Hide a Toy