Baron Cohen

Question 1

Baron cohen Aim

Answer 1

To test whether high functioning adults with autistic spectrum disorders struggle to identify emotions of photos of eyes

Question 2

Baron cohen ps

Answer 2

16 (autistic) adults
50 (normal) adults
10 (Tourette’s) adults
VOLUNTEERS

Question 3

Baron cohen procedure

Answer 3

Ps shown 25 photos of eyes
Asked to identify emotion in them
Also did gender recognition, basic emotion and strange stories task

Question 4

Name 3 emotion pairs baron cohen

Answer 4

Sympathetic/unsympathetic
Calm/anxious
Happy/sad

Question 5

Baron cohen results

Answer 5

Autism- 16.3/25

Normal- 20.3/25

Tourette’s- 20.4/25

Also autistic ppl did significantly worse on strange stories task

Question 6

Androcentric? Baron cohen

Answer 6

Only 3 autistic ps were female = lacks population validity

Question 7

Conc. baroncohen

Answer 7

Even high functioning adults with autism struggle to recognise mental states in others
Women are better are recognising complex emotion than men

Question 8

Usefulness of baron cohen?

Answer 8

Can use to help people with autism understand emotion to help in social situations

Question 9

Bazza cozza strength

Answer 9

+ ethical - some autists were tested in their own home rather than an unfamiliar setting which may have been uncomfortable for them. Protected from harm
+ reliable/valid - highly controlled, ppts age matched
+ useful information about autism

Question 10

Baron Cohen weakness

Answer 10

Not generalisable - only 16 self selecting autistic individuals, mostly men

Question 11

Baron Cohen sample

Answer 11

16 high functioning autists, self selected, mostly men
50 normal random sampled people, equal men and women
10 Tourette’s, snowball sampling, mostly men
All normal intelligence