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naturalchemist · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The child's ability to understand that a symbol can stand for a real-life event is called a(n)

a. applied memory. c. type A symbolism.
b. representational capacity. d. higher-order thinking.

Question 2

Judy DeLoache found that three-year-olds were better than two-year-olds at using a scale model of a room to help locate a hidden toy in the real room. After conducting a memory test in which the children had to go back to the scale model to find the toy there, DeLoache concluded that

a. memory problems for the two-year-olds provided a sufficient explanation of her findings.
b. the three-year-olds had better mental representational ability than the two-year-olds.
c. the three-year-olds were better planners than the two-year-olds.
d. the three-year-olds had longer attention spans than the two-year-olds.