Test 2 Flashcards
What does ASD stand for?
Autism spectrum disorder
Who has to do with echolalia and said ASD functioning skills did not deteriorate over time?
Kanner
What means repeat speech?
Echolalia
What type of echolalia does someone repeat a word or phrase immediately?
Immediate
What type of echolalia does someone repeat a word or phrase hours/days after hearing it?
Delayed
What type of echolalia does someone slightly change the phrase or word when they repeat it?
Mitigated
Who who went to a summer camp to observe autistic children?
Asperger
Who came up with autistic psychopathy?
Asperger
What is a disorder of the mind involving antisocial activity?
Autistic psychopathy
Who termed emotional refrigeration?
Bettelheim
What states that the parents weren’t giving much warmth—they were cold-hearted towards their kids?
Emotional refrigeration
What is the definition of autism?
- social communication impairment
- repetitive/restrictive behavior
Name 4 causes of autism.
- neurological
- intestine-microflora-brain
- hereditary
- environmental toxins
What means that the neurons are not communicating with each other?
Neuronal under connectivity
What is the ability to plan their day?
Executive functioning
What is responsible for male characteristics in the body before birth?
Androgen
What type of twins are more likely to be autistic?
Monochromatic
Name three ways to identify autism?
- observation
- interview
- autistic regression
What is the ability to share focus on one event or person?
Joint attention
What is the inability to convey a message?
Communicative intent
What is the social use of language/misunderstanding sarcasm?
Pragmatics
Are most ASD kids hyper responsive or hypo responsive?
Hypo responsive
What is an extraordinary in different subject/coming across as geniuses?
Autistic savant syndrome
What defines different speech and language disorders?
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)