1. After viewing a Heider-Simmel animation like the one shown during class (i.e. the film clip with the moving shapes), how might someone with ASD describe what they saw?
a. The smaller triangle moved left and then right, accelerated rapidly, and then disappeared from view, while the large triangle remained in a fixed position in the center of the box.
b. The larger triangle was the bully—it attacked the small triangle and its friend, the circle.
c. This clip depicted a family argument, where the mom and child (small triangle and circle) were being attacked, and the mom was trying to protect the child.
d. The larger triangle was aggressive and angry and the small triangle was scared.
2. Which of the following describes the concept of affordance …show more content…
To provide the appropriate intervention that matches the specific needs of individuals with ASD
c. To assess the general life quality of individuals with ASD.
d. All of the above
5. Which of the following is a key tenet of the Enactive Mind theory of autism?
a. Being active and playing sports is an important intervention for autistic children.
b. Having an active mind (i.e. reading lots of books) can affect social development and lead to greater probabilities of autism diagnosis.
c. The brain is shaped by experience, thus failure to attend to or engaging in socially relevant behaviors affects the trajectory of social development and can explain the social deficits of people with autism.
d. Lack of social motivation is a permanent characteristic of someone with autism, that is, they will never be motivated to engage socially with others in any way.
6. As discussed in class, what does the term “optimal outcome” mean as presently used in the recent literature?
a. Optimal outcome means that the individual with autism has an IQ of at least 100.
b. Optimal outcome means that after previously receiving a clinical diagnosis of autism (i.e. a rigorous, verifiable assessment using the “gold standard” assessment tools), later in life the individual no longer meets criteria for the …show more content…
It is somewhat limited in the sense that communication is bounded by the pictures available at the time—if there isn’t a picture for something, the person can’t ask for that object very easily.
c. Reliance on pictures as a form of communication is correlated with aggressive tendencies, suggesting that this intervention might increase aggression and other externalizing behaviors.
d. Few individuals with autism can actually use this system because it takes a long time to associate pictures with the actions/exchanges, and this type of learning is very challenging.
16. Professor Lerner talked about a game where people make eye contact and try to clap at exactly the same time. This tends to be a pretty easy game for typically developing individuals, but can be difficult for those with ASD. Aside from improving at this game (i.e. actually being able to clap at the same time as their partner), what else did Dr. Lerner say is observed, clinically, in individuals with autism who play this game repeatedly over time?
a. Nothing, the goal of this game is just to improve motor coordination.
b. Nothing, this game is just for fun.
c. There is an increase in uncued eye contact outside of this game.
d. There is a decrease in frequency of restricted repetitive behaviors after playing this
a. The smaller triangle moved left and then right, accelerated rapidly, and then disappeared from view, while the large triangle remained in a fixed position in the center of the box.
b. The larger triangle was the bully—it attacked the small triangle and its friend, the circle.
c. This clip depicted a family argument, where the mom and child (small triangle and circle) were being attacked, and the mom was trying to protect the child.
d. The larger triangle was aggressive and angry and the small triangle was scared.
2. Which of the following describes the concept of affordance …show more content…
To provide the appropriate intervention that matches the specific needs of individuals with ASD
c. To assess the general life quality of individuals with ASD.
d. All of the above
5. Which of the following is a key tenet of the Enactive Mind theory of autism?
a. Being active and playing sports is an important intervention for autistic children.
b. Having an active mind (i.e. reading lots of books) can affect social development and lead to greater probabilities of autism diagnosis.
c. The brain is shaped by experience, thus failure to attend to or engaging in socially relevant behaviors affects the trajectory of social development and can explain the social deficits of people with autism.
d. Lack of social motivation is a permanent characteristic of someone with autism, that is, they will never be motivated to engage socially with others in any way.
6. As discussed in class, what does the term “optimal outcome” mean as presently used in the recent literature?
a. Optimal outcome means that the individual with autism has an IQ of at least 100.
b. Optimal outcome means that after previously receiving a clinical diagnosis of autism (i.e. a rigorous, verifiable assessment using the “gold standard” assessment tools), later in life the individual no longer meets criteria for the …show more content…
It is somewhat limited in the sense that communication is bounded by the pictures available at the time—if there isn’t a picture for something, the person can’t ask for that object very easily.
c. Reliance on pictures as a form of communication is correlated with aggressive tendencies, suggesting that this intervention might increase aggression and other externalizing behaviors.
d. Few individuals with autism can actually use this system because it takes a long time to associate pictures with the actions/exchanges, and this type of learning is very challenging.
16. Professor Lerner talked about a game where people make eye contact and try to clap at exactly the same time. This tends to be a pretty easy game for typically developing individuals, but can be difficult for those with ASD. Aside from improving at this game (i.e. actually being able to clap at the same time as their partner), what else did Dr. Lerner say is observed, clinically, in individuals with autism who play this game repeatedly over time?
a. Nothing, the goal of this game is just to improve motor coordination.
b. Nothing, this game is just for fun.
c. There is an increase in uncued eye contact outside of this game.
d. There is a decrease in frequency of restricted repetitive behaviors after playing this