ToM and Restrictive Behaviour and EF

Question 1

Chan et al (2016)

Answer 1

Children with greater ToM ability were better able to engage in spontaneous pretend play but it did not effect their levels of playfulness - this was better determined by the childs autistic severity

Question 2

Kang et al (2016)

Answer 2

Autistic children with low ToM and high verbal ability were the worst at engaging in spontaneous pretend play

Question 3

Carlson, Zelazo and Faja (2013)

Answer 3

EF refers to inhibition, cognitive set shifting and working memory

Question 4

Devine et al (2016)

Answer 4

Conducted a longitudinal study on normally developing children and social competancy development
Found that ToM and EF were related but had no causal relationship
They likely just complement each other

Question 5

Gorkcen, Fredrickson and Petrides (2016)

Answer 5

Individuals with sub-clinical autism show similar patterns of social and central executive defecits as autistic people