Quiz
Autism
Create a free account to finish this quiz
Save your progress and see your final score.
Already have an account? Sign in
Questions in this quiz (37)
1When is autism its most severe according to Kanner (1943) and Asperger (1944)?
- AIn infancy, adolescence
- BIn adulthood
- CIn elderly age
2Is autism generally diagnosed before or after 30 months (2.5 years old)?
- ABefore 30 months old
- BAfter 30 months old
3Are there ethnic or socioeconomic differences in people with autism or Asperger's syndrome?
- AYes
- BNo
4Do autistic people show indifference?
- AYes
- BNo
5Do autistic people have a tendency to imitate their own and other people's words (echoliac)?
- AYes
- BNo
6Do autistic people autistic people avoid eye contact?
- AYes
- BNo
7Do autistic people play with other children?
- AYes
- BNo
8Do autistic people lack creative (or pretend) play?
- AYes
- BNo
9Do autistic people do everything well, or only some things very well?
- AEverything very well
- BSome things very well
10Do autistic people talk incessantly about one particular topic?
- AYes
- BNo
11In the original characterisation of autistic symptoms, there were a _____ of symptoms (Wing & Gould, 1979).
- Adyad
- Btriad
- Cquad
12Highlight the three cognitive impairments involved in autism or Asperger's syndrome.
- ASocial interaction
- BCommunication
- CImagination
- DLanguage
- EPerception
- FRationalisation
13Are autistic symptoms on a spectrum?
- AYes
- BNo
14________ ________ ________ is a catch-all term in which to cast children who exhibit a certain number and severity of autistic traits.
- APervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD-NOS) (Not otherwise specified)
- BPersistent Developmental Disorder (PDD-NOS) (Not otherwise specified)
- CPredilection Developmental Disorder (PDD-NOS) (Not otherwise specified)
15Which end of the spectrum is Asperger's syndrome on, high or low?
- AHigh-end
- BLow-end
16Kanner's autism is:
- AOn the low-end, and a severe variation
- BOn the high-end, and a lighter variation
- CModerate, and features a multitude of variations
17PDD-NOS is:
- ASevere, and on the low-end of the spectrum
- BIs moderate, and has different degrees of variability
- CLighter, and on the higher end of the spectrum
18High-functioning autism, or Asperger's syndrome is:
- AOn the higher end, and has a variation of symptoms
- BIn the middle, and has differing degrees of variability
- CSevere, and on the lower end of the spectrum
19Are the causes of autism known?
- AYes
- BNo
20The refrigerator mothers theory argues that autism is caused by a lack of maternal warmth. Is this theory correct?
- AYes
- BNo
21Bad 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?
- AYes
- BNo
22A Theory of Mind deficit refers to:
- AA lack of insight or understanding of mental states
- BA lack of ability to see higher-order relations
23A Central Coherence deficit refers to:
- AA lack of insight or understanding into mental states
- BA lack of ability to see higher-order relations
24Do children with autism (CWAs) understand false belief?
- AYes, but it takes a lot longer
- BNo, they do not have a full understanding
25According 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?
- AYes, they do
- BNo, because they still do not understand higher-order relations
26Are the demands of higher-order relations tasks different from false belief tasks?
- AYes
- BNo
27Research (Bowler, 1992; Bruner & Feldman, 1991; Happé, 1995) suggests that success on verbal false belief tasks for CWAs is:
- AUnusually conscious and logical (eg, "mental arithmetic"), may not reflect real understanding
- BGreatly advanced, and well beyond others who do not have autism
28The deficits in autism in integration of information:
- AAre at different levels
- BAre at the same level
29________ development of central coherence is drawing together diverse information to construct higher-level meaning.
- ATypical
- BAtypical
30Is the Weak Central Coherence theory (Frith & Happé, 1994) capable of explaining some aspects of autism or all?
- AOnly some aspects of autism
- BAll aspects of autism
31Do CWAs (or not) draw things into meaningful wholes, according to Shah and Frith (1983)?
- AThey do not draw things into meaningful wholes
- BThey do draw things into meaningful wholes
32In the Shah and Frith (1983) study for Weak Central Coherence (Frith & Happé, 1994), CWAs are:
- APreoccupied with individual parts of objects
- BPreoccupied with trying to gain others' attention
33Weak central coherence has advantages when:
- AOnly individual parts are required, rather than wholes
- BThe whole needs to be considered
34Weak central coherence has disadvantages when:
- AThe whole needs consideration
- BOnly individual parts require consideration
35In the disambiguation of homographs (eg, "She had a pink bow," "She made a deep bow,") (Frith & Snowling, 1983), CWAs opted for:
- AUsed the most frequent pronunciation (eg, single words)
- BThe context to produce pronunciation (eg, sentence meanings)
36Does the Theory of Mind hypothesis account well for the social and communication aspects of autism impairment?
- AYes
- BNo
37Does the Central Coherence theory account for some aspects of the triad and non-triad features of autism, as well as the spiky IQ profile?
- AYes
- BNo
Information
- Description
- developental saved (Finsihed) Quiz on Autism, created by murat sertay on 15/08/2016.
- Author
- murat sertay
- Language
- English
- Views
- 8
- Tags
- Rating
- No ratings yet Rate this quiz