Baron-Cohen

Question 1

aim/hypothesis

Answer 1

adults with autism/aspergers will be implied compared to controls on the eyes task

Question 2

sample

Answer 2

sample 1: autism (4) aspergers (12) - to prove hypothesis
sample 2: normal adults (50) - control group
sample 3: tourette’s (10) - people with tourette’s have similarities with autism/aspergers

Question 3

brief procedure

Answer 3

tested individually, 4 tasks,random
eyes task: shown 25 photos for 3 secs each, photos on eye region of face asked “which word best describes what this persons thinking”, had to choose between 2 e.g calm or anxious (max score 25)

strange stories: presented with 2 examples of 12 story types inc lie, white lie, joke

control tasks (gender recognition) looking at same sets of eyes identify gender
(emotion recognition) 6 faces, 6 emotions

Question 4

results

Answer 4

eye task mean score
autism: 16.3
normal: 20.3
tourette’s: 20.4

autism already performed worse in strange stories, no significant difference in controls

Question 5

ethical guidelines

Answer 5

fairly ethical, no evidence of deception/debrief

Question 6

link to area

Answer 6

how being diagnosed with autism can lead to differences in recognising emotions

Question 7

link to key theme (understanding disorders)

Answer 7

autism specifically is caused by deduction theory of mind