Baron-Cohen

Question 1

What is in the aim of Baron-Cohen?

Answer 1

To develop an advanced test for theory of mind in adults, the eyes test, in order to compare with normal adults and adults with Tourette’s syndrome

Question 2

What is the sample for Baron-Cohen?

Answer 2

•16 Autistic adults
•10 Adults with Tourettes
•50 normal adults (half men and woman)

Question 3

What research method is Baron-Cohen?

Answer 3

Quasi

Question 4

What is the DV for baron-cohen?

Answer 4

Score out of 25 on the eyes test

Question 5

What is the IV for baron-cohen?

Answer 5

Independent measures as the IV was naturally occurring

Question 6

What was the apparatus for baron-cohen?

Answer 6

25 black and white pictures of people’s eyes

Question 7

What is the procedure of Baron-Cohen?

Answer 7

1.Participants all tested alone.
2.Ps did a basic emotion recognition task and gender recognition task to control for individual differences.
3.Tasks done in a random order so individual differences didn’t impact the score out of 25.
4.Eye task consisted of 25 black and white pairs of eyes, all of the the same region of the face and shown at the same amount of time.
5.Participants had to choose the state of mood , target was decided by a panel of unbiased men and women.
6.Scored out of 25.
7. Happes strange stories task- fictional stories with ambiguous messages and has to decide the characters emotional state or intention, done to check for concurrent validity.

Question 8

What were the results of Baron-Cohens study?

Answer 8

1. Eyes task; Significantly lower for autistic group 16.3 compared to Tourette’s group at 20.4 and normal 20.3.
   2.No significant differences on scores on the control tasks