OCR A level Psychology Core Study: Baron-Cohen et al. (1997)

Baron-Cohen et al.'s (1997) research focuses on the difficulties of assessing autism. Typical characteristics of autism include which of the following?

• All other options
• Difficulties in communicat
• Difficulties in relationships
• Lack of imagination

Baron-Cohen et al (1997) suggest those on the autistic spectrum struggle with communication and social development due to an absence of ______.

• Theory of Mind
• Theory of the Unconscious
• Theory of Psychosexual development
• Theory of perception

Baron-Cohen et al (1997) aimed to study whether _____ adults with autism and Asperger Syndrome would struggle with a more difficult test for theory of mind, the eyes test.

• high functioning
• high maintenance
• highly strung
• high intelligence

Baron-Cohen et al (1997) aimed to discover if the eyes test was particularly hard for people on the autistic spectrum by comparing them with ______.

• a control group with no clinical condition and people with Tourette's Syndrome
• a control group with another clinical condition and people with Tourette's Syndrome
• people with Tourette's Syndrome
• a control group with no clinical condition

Baron-Cohen et al (1997) sample were recruited throught their _____ in response to an advert in the National Autistic Society's magazine.

• doctors
• psychiatrist
• psychologist
• parents

Baron-Cohen et al (1997) sample consisted of _______.

• 13 men and 3 women with autism, a control group of 25 men and 25 women, and 8 men and 2 women with Tourette's Syndrome
• 143 women with autism, a control group of 25 men, and 8 men and 2 women with Parkinson's Disease
• 15 men with autism, a control group of 25 men, and 2 women with Impostor Syndrome
• 16 men and 3 women with autism, a control group of 25 men and 25 women, and 8 men and 2 women with Tourette's Syndrome

Baron-Cohen et al (1997) used a second 'control group' of people with Tourette's Syndrome because it has key elements in common with autism, e.g. _______.

• All other options
• Causes disruption to schooling and peer relations
• Exist in early childhood
• Is believed to be associated with a problem in the frontal lobes of the brain

Baron-Cohen et al (1997) study used which experimental design?

• Independent groups
• Repeated measures
• Matched pairs
• Longitudinal

Baron-Cohen et al's (1997) eye task involved participants ______.

• identifying the person's gender and a basic emotion identification task
• identifying the person's gender
• a basic emotion identification task
• identifying the person's gender and a complex emotion identification task

Which test did Baron-Cohen et al (1997) use to validate the eyes task?

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