Baron Cohen Et Al Flashcards
What three groups of people were used?
Tourettes, Autism, Normal
How many people were in each group?
Autism-16 Normal-50 Tourettes 10
How many males and females in the tourettes group?
8M:2F
How many males and females in the normal group?
25M:25F
How many males and females in the Autism group?
13M:3F
What is TOM
Theory Of Mind
What was the experiment type? IE: Lab/Quasi/Natural
Quasi-Natural
What was the IV?
The Syndrome (Where applicable)
What was the DV?
The result of the Eyes Task
What area does this experiment come under?
Individual differences
What was the average score for Autism?
16.3
What was the average score for Tourettes?
20.4
What was the average score for Normal?
20.3
What was the type of data collected?
Quantitive
What was the experiment design?
Independant measures
How could the experiment be ecologically invalid?
Some experiments were done in an unfamiliar lab environment at university
How could the experiment be ecologically valid?
They were done under controlled environements
Does the experiment have good internal validity?
Yes as conditions and variable were kept constant and did not have too much affect on the results.
How did being standardised help the experiment?
It helped by allowing each participant to be tested in a identical way so that internal validity could be maximized as each test was identical
How long were the pictures shown for, and how many choices were there for the displayed emotion?
Each picture was 3 seconds, and there was 2 word choices.
