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Question 1

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When is autism its most severe according to Kanner (1943) and Asperger (1944)?
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  • In infancy, adolescence
  • In adulthood
  • In elderly age

Question 2

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Is autism generally diagnosed before or after 30 months (2.5 years old)?
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  • Before 30 months old
  • After 30 months old

Question 3

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Are there ethnic or socioeconomic differences in people with autism or Asperger's syndrome?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 4

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Do autistic people show indifference?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 5

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Do autistic people have a tendency to imitate their own and other people's words (echoliac)?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 6

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Do autistic people autistic people avoid eye contact?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 7

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Do autistic people play with other children?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 8

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Do autistic people lack creative (or pretend) play?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 9

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Do autistic people do everything well, or only some things very well?
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  • Everything very well
  • Some things very well

Question 10

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Do autistic people talk incessantly about one particular topic?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 11

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In the original characterisation of autistic symptoms, there were a _____ of symptoms (Wing & Gould, 1979).
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  • dyad
  • triad
  • quad

Question 12

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Highlight the three cognitive impairments involved in autism or Asperger's syndrome.
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  • Social interaction
  • Communication
  • Imagination
  • Language
  • Perception
  • Rationalisation

Question 13

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Are autistic symptoms on a spectrum?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 14

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________ ________ ________ is a catch-all term in which to cast children who exhibit a certain number and severity of autistic traits.
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  • Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD-NOS) (Not otherwise specified)
  • Persistent Developmental Disorder (PDD-NOS) (Not otherwise specified)
  • Predilection Developmental Disorder (PDD-NOS) (Not otherwise specified)

Question 15

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Which end of the spectrum is Asperger's syndrome on, high or low?
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  • High-end
  • Low-end

Question 16

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Kanner's autism is:
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  • On the low-end, and a severe variation
  • On the high-end, and a lighter variation
  • Moderate, and features a multitude of variations

Question 17

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PDD-NOS is:
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  • Severe, and on the low-end of the spectrum
  • Is moderate, and has different degrees of variability
  • Lighter, and on the higher end of the spectrum

Question 18

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High-functioning autism, or Asperger's syndrome is:
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  • On the higher end, and has a variation of symptoms
  • In the middle, and has differing degrees of variability
  • Severe, and on the lower end of the spectrum

Question 19

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Are the causes of autism known?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 20

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The refrigerator mothers theory argues that autism is caused by a lack of maternal warmth. Is this theory correct?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 21

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Bad parenting (or maltreatment) has been found to impair Theory of Mind, but does it cause autism? Does it correlate to believe that children are autistic?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 22

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A Theory of Mind deficit refers to:
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  • A lack of insight or understanding of mental states
  • A lack of ability to see higher-order relations

Question 23

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A Central Coherence deficit refers to:
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  • A lack of insight or understanding into mental states
  • A lack of ability to see higher-order relations

Question 24

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Do children with autism (CWAs) understand false belief?
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  • Yes, but it takes a lot longer
  • No, they do not have a full understanding

Question 25

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According to Baron-Cohen, Leslie, and Frith (1985), do the children with autism (CWAs) who pass false belief tasks have a full understanding of Theory of Mind?
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  • Yes, they do
  • No, because they still do not understand higher-order relations

Question 26

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Are the demands of higher-order relations tasks different from false belief tasks?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 27

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Research (Bowler, 1992; Bruner & Feldman, 1991; Happé, 1995) suggests that success on verbal false belief tasks for CWAs is:
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  • Unusually conscious and logical (eg, "mental arithmetic"), may not reflect real understanding
  • Greatly advanced, and well beyond others who do not have autism

Question 28

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The deficits in autism in integration of information:
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  • Are at different levels
  • Are at the same level

Question 29

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________ development of central coherence is drawing together diverse information to construct higher-level meaning.
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  • Typical
  • Atypical

Question 30

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Is the Weak Central Coherence theory (Frith & Happé, 1994) capable of explaining some aspects of autism or all?
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  • Only some aspects of autism
  • All aspects of autism

Question 31

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Do CWAs (or not) draw things into meaningful wholes, according to Shah and Frith (1983)?
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  • They do not draw things into meaningful wholes
  • They do draw things into meaningful wholes

Question 32

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In the Shah and Frith (1983) study for Weak Central Coherence (Frith & Happé, 1994), CWAs are:
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  • Preoccupied with individual parts of objects
  • Preoccupied with trying to gain others' attention

Question 33

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Weak central coherence has advantages when:
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  • Only individual parts are required, rather than wholes
  • The whole needs to be considered

Question 34

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Weak central coherence has disadvantages when:
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  • The whole needs consideration
  • Only individual parts require consideration

Question 35

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In the disambiguation of homographs (eg, "She had a pink bow," "She made a deep bow,") (Frith & Snowling, 1983), CWAs opted for:
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  • Used the most frequent pronunciation (eg, single words)
  • The context to produce pronunciation (eg, sentence meanings)

Question 36

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Does the Theory of Mind hypothesis account well for the social and communication aspects of autism impairment?
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  • Yes
  • No

Question 37

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Does the Central Coherence theory account for some aspects of the triad and non-triad features of autism, as well as the spiky IQ profile?
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  • Yes
  • No
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