scale error
n.— «“Scale error” is the researchers’ newly coined term for “remarkable behaviors” of children who attempt impossible feats with small objects, such as sliding down a toy slide suitable only for dolls.» —“Symbol recognition Sizing up brain’s development a matter of child’s play” by Keay Davidson San Francisco Chronicle May 31, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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