Autism - Theory of Mind
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- Created on: 29-12-15 22:35
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- Autism - Theory of Mind
- Cognitive explanation
- Believes all autistic people have mind blindness
- Ability to read minds in impaired
- May be because they cannot empathise
- Unable to make sense of other's intentions and see from their points of view
- Wimmer and Perner
- "False Belief" Task
- Two dolls enact story where mother moves chocolate from green to blue drawer.
- Autistic children then asked where the other dool would look for their chocolate.
- Current draw was chosen showing children could not distinguish between what they know and what the doll would know.
- Autistic children then asked where the other dool would look for their chocolate.
- Two dolls enact story where mother moves chocolate from green to blue drawer.
- "False Belief" Task
- Baren-Cohen
- Repeated W&P task but used different characters which exchanged marble from a basket to box.
- 23/27 normal children answered correctly.
- 16/20 Autistic children answered incorrectly
- Repeated W&P task but used different characters which exchanged marble from a basket to box.
- Cognitive explanation
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