WorksheetsBaron-Cohen et al
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In the 1997 study, What was one of the ethical issues?
Only women were in the study
they were forced to only pick between 2 responses.
Only men were in the study
What was an ethical issues from the 1997 study?
They didn't tell the particapants they could leave at anytime.
They didn't tell the particapants what they were being injected with.
Ceiling effects are likely to occur due to narrow score range.
What was another ethical issue with the 1997 study?
The emotions were too basic. (happy and sad)
All the particapants were right handed.
They were all men.
What was the aim of the 1997 case study?
To see if adults who had autism had an easier time with theory of mind.
To see if we remebered things that were more emotional.
To see if adults who had autism had difficulties with theory of mind.
What was the aim of the 2001 case study?
To assess the mindreading abilities of high functioning ASD adults using a new test designed for adults, the Eyes Task.
To see if adults who had autism had difficulties with theory of mind.
What was the second aim in the 2001 study?
test for a negative correlation in a normal adults between the
R-ET & the AQ
test with the AQ to compair the scores of people with AS to the the people who have HFA
test for a positive correlation in a normal adults between the
R-ET & the AQ
to test for the accuracy between the original eyes test and the revised version
what is an issue in the 2001 study?
too large of an expermental group
only showed the eyes and not the rest of the face
biased sample
not everyone was clinically diagnosed with AS/HFA
whats another issue in the 2001 study?
uneven treatment & control groups
could be a confounding varible that effects the experiment
they didnt know wha the words ment and had no acess to the definition
someone guessed and didnt try and they just wanted the money
what was an original issue with the 1997 eyes test?
not good word choices, too basic (ie. happy, sad, mad)
too many images so participants got confused
were only shown 15 pictures so the results were unclear
more male than female faces
what was another aim of the 2001 study?
to see if females scored higher than males
to see if people scored better on the original eyes test vs the revised version
to see how many participants understood what was being asked of them
to say wether the eyes being shown were male or female
