Socio Psych Exp Refrigerator Mother

Question 1

The refrigerator mother theory is based on the ………. approach

Answer 1

Psychodynamic

Question 2

Refrigerator mother is used to describe

Answer 2

Cold distant and overly intellectual parents of children with ASD

Question 3

Kanner said that

Answer 3

Mothers of children with ASD “just happened to defrost long enough to produce a child”

Question 4

This theory created the …..

Answer 4

Diagnostic criteria for ASD

Question 5

Bruno beltheim was a child developmental specialist. What did he do for the refrigerator mother explanation of ASD?

Answer 5

He made the theory public by publishing it in his book the empty fortress

Question 6

What were children with ASD compared to

Answer 6

Prisoners in a concentration camp

Question 7

According to beltheim the primary cause of ASD is …….

Answer 7

Lack of maternal care and unstimulating relationship between emotionally detached mothers and their children

Question 8

What was the cycle leading to ASD

Answer 8

1. Child faces challenges
2. Child is overwhelmed so withdraws
3. Child is met with rejection and coldness
4. Child withdraws further

Question 9

Refrigerator mother mainly links to social symptoms of ASD how

Answer 9

As the child seeks comfort in isolation
So doesn’t maintain friendships or try to engage in conversation and when they tried to growing up they were greeted with cold responses