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ASD is found in all socioeconomic statuses. What does this suggest? |
ASD is caused by biological factors. |
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What were Kanner's (1943) two main descriptions of children with ASD |
1. did not care/ register is parent left them alone 2. was just as comfortable with a stranger as with parent |
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What were Rutters (1978) 4 criteria for childhood autism? |
1. Impaired social development (inconsistent with IQ) 2. Delayed language development (inconsistent with IQ) 3. 'Insistence on sameness' as shown by stereotyped play patters, abnormal preoccupations, or resistance to change 4. Onset before 30 months. |
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What were Wing and Gould's (1979) triad of impairments |
1. reciprocal social interaction 2. communication 3. imagination |
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What was the main difference between the DSM III-R and the DSM IV? |
DSM III-R: onset during infancy or early childhood DSM IV: Onset prior to three years |
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What is high functioning Autistic disorder labeled as? |
Aspergers. |
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What disorder (Syndrome -hint hint) is no longer considered an ASD |
Rett's Syndrome |
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What is metarepresentation: |
the cognitive ability that A can represent B. Eg, a drawing can represent a thought/image the artist had |
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What was Leslie's theory about metarepresentation (1987) |
children with autism have a metarepresentational deficit |
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weak central coherence |
process local elements at the expense of global meaning --> limited ability to understand context or 'see big picture'. |
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Executive funtioning |
higher order cognitive processes that underline purposeful, goal directed behaviour |
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Affective theory: |
organizes affects (emotions/feelings) into discrete categories and connects each with it's typical response --> joy is observed through smiling |
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'male brains' |
Systemisers: system orientated attuned to operating systems, good at piecemeal processing, more operative in their thinking. |
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'female brains' |
Empathizers: more socially attuned; understand emotions easily; weaker at operating systems and pecemeal processing |
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extreme male brain theory |
people with ASD are extreme systemisers |
