Autism Flashcards
What is autism (Wing and Gould, 1979)
Austin is a developmental disorder that affects learning and functioning
Describe autism (Powers, 2000)
It is prevalent in every 1 in 100, it ranges from severe to mild, and it has no aiteology but can be diagnosed through certain behavioral symptoms and neuroimaging
Who did a case study on autism?
Dawson et al. (2000)
What were the findings of this case study?
An infant was followed throughout the first few years of their life, the significant finding was that at 6months to a year, the child shows signs of slow verbal reactions, lack of imaginative and pretend play and irregular eye contact
What was Baron-Cohen et al (1985) theory?
Theory of Mind Hypothesis
What is the theory of mind concept?
Baron-Cohen et al. (1985) suggested autistic children often have an inability to pretend play, many show difficulties expressing their imagination. Pretend play allows children to better understand others minds. Autistic children often have poor verbal proficiency and struggle attribute false beliefs.
Frith (2003) study of autism suggested…
Frith used embedded figures test, autistic children were often found to have superior performance in solving them. Frith hypothesized this may be due to autistic children having a weak central coherence, instead rely on parts to form a whole, this might be why autistic children struggle to integrate doing more than one thing at a time, such as social functioning and communication
Baron-Cohen (2002) also proposed what theory?
The extreme male brain
What was the extreme male brain theory (Barron-Cohen, 2002)
Our social functioning is split into the ability to empathize and systemize
An autistic child becomes unbalanced and tends to either be less capable of thoughts or feelings or is overtly friendly
What are ‘refrigerator mothers’ (Kanner, 1943)
Mothers often have the stigmatization attached that an autistic or ‘naughty’ child develops due to bad parenting
What are some educational and parenting suggestions for autistic children (Simpson, 2004)
IEP programme helps autistic children as; the curriculum is simplified and slowed, family is involved to increase unity, collaborative learning, structured environments and expert guidance is given
What did Kim et al. (2009) find?
Autism in children was not significantly correlated with anxiety or moodiness
Who discovered a correlation between mothers with autistic children and depression, burnout, anxiety, stress, divorce, etc.
Weiss (2002)
