5d. Neuropsychiatry - Begrippen omgekeerd

Question 1

What does this refer to?

People that already are feeling down, tend to be more focused on negative stimulu and information (mood > attention)

Answer 1

Attentional bias

Question 2

What does this refer to?

We are better able to remember information that is congruent with out mood than neutral information

Answer 2

Mood congruency effect

Question 3

What does this refer to?

The ability to attribute mental states to ourselves and others, serving as one of the foundational elements for social interaction.

Answer 3

Theory of Mind (ToM)

Question 4

What does this refer to?

Cognitive understanding of other people’s mental states > you can interpret and predict the behavior of others

Answer 4

Social cognition

Question 5

What does this refer to?

Competence in applying ToM skills in real life

Answer 5

Social performance

Question 6

What does this refer to?

A decreased ability to spontaneously use context in attributing meaning to stimuli, especially when ambiguous, vague, new, or incomplete. A lot of things do not have an absolute meaning (only because of their context), but autistic people are not flexibly able to consider that here are different options. This causes uncertainty and anxiety (‘the world doesn’t make sense anymore’).

Answer 6

Context blindness

Question 7

What does this refer to?

Suggests that the limited ability to understand context or “see the big picture” underlies the central disturbance in autism.

When you detect a stimuli, the input will be processed as a whole and matched with a certain expectation you already have. This expectation is based on context. Someone with ASD will, however, not look at the context as a whole, but rather at the details.

Answer 7

Central Coherence theory