Theory of mind

Question 1

What is the idea of theory of mind?

Answer 1

Those with ASB don’t realise that other people have different thoughts feelings and emotions then them

Question 2

What is the sally-Anne test?

Answer 2

Sally has a ball and places it in the basket, leaves the room, Anne moves from basket into box, asked where sally will look for the ball, Those with ASB said in the box as they didn’t realise that sally didn’t know or witnessed what they did so doesn’t know it was moved

Question 3

What did Baron Cohen believe?

Answer 3

Those with ASB struggles with the ability to distinguish between mental and physical and also between appearance and reality

Question 4

What is the eyes task?

Answer 4

Shown pictures of the eyes expressing emotions and asked to give the emotion. Brain activity measured with an MRI, Those with ASB did worse, left amygdala not activated

Question 5

What is are weaknesses?

Answer 5

Use biological- 2.2%sibling rate 20x greater risk
Cannot account for all characteristics such as repetitive behaviours, not a complete explanation

Question 6

What is a strength?

Answer 6

Practical application, can help those with ASB to mentalise and make improvements, However fletcher-watson et al found these improvements were short lived