Developmental 5

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  • Created on: 02-05-17 20:50
What did Bailey find?
Autism could be genetic, 60% in MZ, 0% in DZ
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What are the cognitive theories?
Theory of mind, executive dysfunction and weak central coherence
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What is theory of mind?
Fails to differentiate mental states of their own and others
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Identify the test for TOM and explain
Sally Ann, Ann took sallies marble, sally doesn't know
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What did Baron and Cohen find?
85% of normal people passed, 20% of autism passed
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Is this unique/universal - explain
Not universal, not unique- People with visual/hearing problems also did badly
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Limitations of the sally ann?
Not real life situation, however Leslie and Frith conducted a real life study and found the same results
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What is executive dysfunction?
Difficulty problem solving and lacks mental flexibility
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What is the task for executive dysfunction+explain?
Wisconsin card sort test- Cards asked to pair by rules
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What did Ozonoff find?
Autism group did poorly compared to the control
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Is it universal/unique - explain
Not universal, one study found 96% did poorer, another- 50%, not unique, people with schizo and ADHD also struggled
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What is weak central coherence?
Failure to see the big picture in life
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What is the test for weak central coherence+explain?
Embedded figures test - had to find a simple shape in a more complex shape
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What did Shah and Frith find?
autistic people did better than control group
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is it unique?
N, schizo and depression also find hard
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Is it universal/unique - explain
Not universal, one study found 96% did poorer, another- 50%, not unique, people with schizo and ADHD also struggled
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What is weak central coherence?
Failure to see the big picture in life, more vulnerable to 'capture the meaning'
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What is the test for weak central coherence+explain?
Embedded figures test - had to find a simple shape in a more complex shape
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What did Shah and Frith find?
autistic people did better than control group
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is it unique?
N, schizo and depression also find hard
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Can these theories explain autism + explain?
No because none of them are universal/unique to autism
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What false belief task did Perner, Leekam, and Wimmer devise?
The deceptive box test
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What is the average age an autistic child passes a false belief test?
6
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What is apergers syndrome?
A form of autism in which their language is fully developed
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