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6. What was the other mental condition's average score?

  • 19.8
  • 17.5
  • 20.4
  • 18.3

7. What was the ASD group's average score?

  • 19.2
  • 16.3
  • 12.4
  • 17.5

8. Which of these wasn't a condition that participants were grouped for?

  • AS
  • Savant Syndrome
  • HFA
  • Tourette's

9. How were those in the ASD group recruited?

  • Volunteer sample via an advert in The National Autistic Society's magazine
  • Snowball sample, with an advert to collect participants in the UKASDS
  • Random sample taken from hospitals across London using records of those diagnosed with autism
  • Going to centers where those with ASD are treated/counselled and asking those people to take part

10. How did the two groups who took part the eyes test validation task perform?

  • The ASD group struggled and the other group made no mistakes
  • Both groups struggled, but those with ASD struggled slightly more
  • The ASD group made few mistakes the other group made no mistakes
  • The ASD group struggled and the other group made few mistakes

11. Which of these were used as a control task beforehand?

  • Basic Emotion Recognition Task and Reaction Time Task
  • Hair Colour Recognition Task and Reaction Time Task
  • Gender Recognition task and Basic Emotion Recognition Test
  • Gender Recognition Task and Hair Colour Recognition task

12. How many participants were in the ASD group?

  • 13 men, 3 women
  • 15 men, 5 women
  • 10 men, 3 women
  • 11 men, 4 women

13. What was the control group's average score?

  • 23.6
  • 20.3
  • 15.3
  • 19.4

14. Why was the other mental condition group used?

  • Both have been believed to have an effect on a person's theory of mind
  • Both are conditions that develop at an early age and generally disrupt schooling
  • Both are associated with Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Both involve people having fixations on certain things, commonly machinery

15. How many participants were in the control group?

  • 25 Men, 25 Women
  • 13 Men, 13 Women
  • 18 Men, 16 Women
  • 12 Men, 8 Women