Eyes test Flashcards
Baron Cohen et al.
[Eyes test] The main psychology being investigated.
o Theory of mind.
o Social sensitivity.
Theory of mind
A cognitive ability that allows people to understand that other people have different feelings, beliefs etc. from them. Mainly linked with empathy.
Aim [ Eyes test ]
o Whether the revised version would showcase the lack of theory of mind in people with ASD.
o Whether there was a correlation between AQ results and eyes test.
o Also if there are sex differences in people without ASD.
5 Hypotheses [ Eyes Test ]
o Participants with ASD will score lower on the eyes test than other groups.
o Participants with ASD will score higher on the AQ test.
o Females without ASD will score higher than their male counterparts.
o AQ and eyes test results will be negatively correlated.
O males in the control group will score higher than females in the ASD group.
Research method [ Eyes test ]
Lab experiment.
[ Eyes test ] IV:
Type of participant.
[ Eyes test ] Experimental Design.
Independent measures design.
DV:[ Eyes test ]
Scores on the various tests.
Group 1 [ Eyes test ]
o AS/HFA
o All male
o 15 in number
o 29.7 mean age
o Voluntary sampling
o Mean IQ: 115.
Group 2
o Adult
o Voluntary sampling
o 46.5 mean age
Group 3
o Opportunity sampling [university of Cambridge]
o 20.8 mean age.
Group 4
o IQ matched group.
o 14 in number
o 28 Mean age
o Random sampling
Results
o AS/HFA group scored lower on the eyes test than the control group.
o Negative correlation between AQ and eyes test results.
o No correlation between IQ and eyes test results.
Problems with the original study.
o success rate too high 50%
o Basic emotion to easy —> ceiling effect.
o Unequal pair of female and male eyes.
o direction
o might not have understood the meaning of a word.
o Only 25 pairs of eyes.
