Baran Cohen

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

Autumn is associated with problems with understanding the mental states of others which can lead to problems with communication

Question 2

Experimental method

Answer 2

Quasi-

Question 3

Sample

Answer 3

50 participant 10 with Tourette’s, 25, normal and 15 with Asperger’s

Question 4

Method

Answer 4

Participants completed a number of tasks, such as a happend strange stories to control tasks and basic emotions recognition task

Question 5

What was the main task

Answer 5

The main task was 25 black-and-white photographs of eyes with Shane for three seconds and a fourth choice of two words for each set of eyes, consisting of a target term and a foil term

Question 6

What is a target term?

Answer 6

A target term is the most likely choice for normal adult

Question 7

What is a foil term

Answer 7

Foil term is the opposite mental state to the target to

Question 8

What was the results?

Answer 8

People with Asperger’s scored lower on average on the eyes test, and those with Tourette’s all those who are normal, Asperger’s, =16. 3 normal =20.3 and Tourette’s, = 20.4

Question 9

Conclusion

Answer 9

People with autism, do you have an impact theory of mind however, that has no impact on intelligence as those with Asperger’s were all of the normal intelligence
The findings also suggest that I is task is a valid measure of theory of mind as those with autism struggle to complete the strange stories task which was a pre-existing measure of high functioning autism