Individual Differences (CONTEMPORARY) - understanding disorders - BARON-COHEN

Question 1

autism

Answer 1

developmental disorder affecting a individual’s ability to communicate and socially interact. Those diagnosed show variation in the degree to which they are affected so it is considered a spectrum disorder

Question 2

mind blindness

Answer 2

severe impairment in their understanding of mental states and in their appreciation of how mental states govern behaviour so are said to have an impaired theory of mind

Question 3

theory of mind

Answer 3

the ability to recognise that others have minds and that these may be different to our own like the ability to recognise that we all have different thoughts, knowledge and emotions

Question 4

Sally Anne test

Answer 4

theory of mind test where sally puts her marble in a basket and leaves the room, the marble is transferred to the box by Anne. Sally returns and the children are asked questions about the location of the marble

Question 5

Happe’s strange stories

Answer 5

theory of mind test designed for children involving answering questions on a selection of stories and the characters within them. The stories require participants to judge the mental states or physical states of others

Question 6

How did Baron-Cohen enhance Happe’s research

Answer 6

using an adult appropriate test to assess TOM competence in high functioning adults with autism or AS

Question 7

aim