Autistic individuals have difficult in inferring a range of mental states in others such as emotions, imaginations. The results from the advance theory of mind show that adults with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome were impaired on a theory of mind test despite having normal intelligence, whilst the Tourette’s syndrome group and the normal participants performed identically.Not being able to read emotions from eyes may explain why those with autism have difficulties inferring mental states in other people. Describe how the cognitive approach can explain language acquisition. The cognitive approach assumes that behavior, in this case language acquisition, can be explained in terms of the way the mind operates. Lock proposes that we acquire language through two key steps: associative symbol learning and representational symbol learning.
“Can autistic people be integrated into the society?” TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction Brief information People’s impression on Autism Trend of Autism - (GLOBAL) Why are autistic people discriminated? Scenarios Scenario # 1: “What if autistic people are really accepted?” Scenario # 2: “What if the autistic people are given more attention from the government?” 5 Scenario # 3: “What if the trend of autism suddenly increases rapidly in the next ten years?” Course of action Global Local Personal Self Awareness Conclusion 2 Can autistic people be integrated into the society? Introduction In society some people are different from us - ones that need more special care and attention. I have come in contact with these people through the special activities that the school had organized, and we normally would look at them differently. I think that we should learn more about them, understand the problems they face and learn what can be done to integrate them into the society, as they too have the right to lead a normal life.
English 1102 February 6, 2011 The Curious Case of House and Holmes What psychological disease could both Sherlock Holmes and House have? It is none other than Asperger’s Syndrome. Asperger Syndrome is a form of autism but instead of lack of cognitive functioning and linguistic development those affected are able to retain both of these functions. Asperger Syndrome is believed to be caused by genes but research is not conclusive so the researchers cannot be sure. Asperger’s is known as a high functioning form of autism because as the person gets older they will be able be able to understand their strengths and weaknesses, be able to learn social skills, and may even be able to marry and have children.
“Retard, Dangerous, Seizures, Speechless and Incapable of Love”, there’s more to Autism than cruel, false stereotypes. Did you know that some children diagnosed with Autism are equally capable as any other child of being verbal, bright, energetic, and just as normal as you and I? My younger brother has a mental disability called Fragile X and even though he does not have the physical characteristics most people associate with Autism and Down Syndrome, he does face challenges everyday due to stereotypes that make others believe he is incapable of doing daily tasks that we all take for granted. You may believe you understand Autism, due to the fact that you know what it “looks like”, but you do not. Autism does not have to affect physical characteristics.
However, the younger children would lack schemas and the vocabulary needed to describe the science experiment. This means that they wouldn’t have been able to describe the experiment when asked to recall it, and therefore would make this experiment less valid. Anastasi and Rhodes performed an experiment in 2006 to see if recall is better when identifying people from the same age range (own age bias). They showed 24 photos to 3 age groups and then later they were shown 48 photos and had to identify the original 24. They found that generally the younger age groups were better at recall, but all age groups were better at recognising their own age group.
Difficulty in getting a true random selection for sample means that researchers may end up with an opportunistic sample which may support their hypothesis better on the surface but is not a realistic cross-section of the population being studied (Hayes, 2000). Targeting convenience sample groups or dropping data that doesn’t agree with the direction of your study may not be ethical but is an potential way make data say what you want. Another possible weakness of quantitative research is that there may be a whole lot of information that could be being overlooked, while this missed information could enrich the study it could also be irrelevant – the problem is that the researcher may never know. Qualitative research does get this richness of data, the research has a level of depth that may not be acquirable
For example; there are some questions that test Christopher’s mathematics skills and identifies that he’s good at maths. Other questions test and identify his emotional understanding. For this question is asked to name the emotion for the above face. Christopher manages to identify the happy and sad face, but struggles to identify the emotions of the other faces. Christopher suffers from a mental condition and I believed this was a unique way of indentifying what kind of person Christopher is and how this disability brings pros and cons to his life.
One school of thought focuses on early traumatic experiences, lack of parental care etc. and will investigate this route while the other school of thought places more focus on genetics, brain abnormalities and temperament (Kernberg & Michels, 2009). 3.2.4 Prevalence and Stability The prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder in clinical settings is between 15% - 25%, whereas in the community it is only 1.4%-5.9& (Gunderson, 2009 and Kernberg & Michels, 2009). A possible reason for this is that personality patterns are not stable and vary from context to context which may complicate identification of symptoms in the larger social environment (Sue, Sue and Sue, 2010). More than one interview is usually necessary to make a diagnosis (Tutorial Letter 101, PYC 4802, 2011).
Fragile-X Syndrome There are many different types of genetic diseases living and hiding inside human beings. Some might even be carriers of the genes of a genetic disease without knowing it. Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic condition that causes intellectual disability, behavioral and learning challenges and various physical characteristics. Fragile X Syndrome is caused by a mutation of FMR1, a single gene located on the X chromosome. The mutated FMR1 gene is silenced, blocking expression of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) that is needed for normal brain development.
That quote in itself basically says that the absence of something doesn't conclude the extinction of it. So just because a handful of people's intelligence levels weren't heightened doesn't set the bar for everyone else; it only sets the bar for themselves. Saying that music doesn't increase intelligence would be a flawed argument, because how exactly can one measure intelligence? Standardized tests such as the SATs or IQ tests aren't stable testaments as the variables that coincide with test taking are always changing. Your mood, the day, or even the time of day can affect just how well - or poorly - you do on a test.