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Theory of Mind: Leslie (1987) said children with autism are unable to understand that a mental representation (belief) can misrepresent the referent (Location of object). According to Leslie, children with autism have a ... ? |
Metarepresentational deficit. |
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Weak Central Coherence refers to...? |
a tendency to process local elements at the expense of global meaning. i.e. the child with autism is unable to integrate seemingly disparate pieces of information to make sense of interactions with other people. "An incoherent world of fragmented experience" |
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Executive Functioning theory involves...? |
higher order cognitive processes that underlie purposeful, goal directed behaviour.
Mental flexibility, inhibitory control, working memory, planning and etc. |
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Extreme Male Brain Theory theorises...? |
that males are 'systemisers': System-orientated-attuned to operating systems; good at piecemeal processing; more operative in their thinking styles. Whereas females are 'empathisers': more socially attuned; understand emotions easily, and weaker at operating systems and piecemeal processing. People with ASD are 'EXTREME SYSTEMISERS'. |
