https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8 Made with a wish on a star en-us 2017-05-18 09:14:42 UTC 2025-11-20 06:14:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172525850 To test whether high functioning adults with autism and Asperger's Syndrome would struggle with a new and more difficult test for theory of mind]]> 2017-05-18 09:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172525850 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172526683 The volunteer sample consisted of 13 autistic men and 3 autistic women of normal intelligence. They had all been diagnosed with high functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome and they responded to an advert in the National Autistic Society's magazine.
The control group was made up of 25 men and 25 women with no autism diagnosis - it was assumed that they were all of normal intelligence
The second control group consisted of 8 men and 2 women with Tourette's Syndrome ]]> 2017-05-18 09:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172526683 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172528222 Tourette's has several key elements in common with autism. It exists in childhood. It is associated with a biological problem with the frontal lobes]]> 2017-05-18 09:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172528222 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172528596 2017-05-18 09:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172528596 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532132 2017-05-18 10:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532132 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532222 On the control tasks, all groups performed normally on the tasks they completed
No participants in the Tourette's group were incorrect in any of their strange stories responses but the autistic group struggled
The fact that the same participants struggled in the eyes task and strange stories is evidence for the validity of the Eyes Task]]> 2017-05-18 10:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532222 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532818 1. Even high functioning adults with autism, including those with Asperger's Syndrome have a significant problem with their theory of mind
2. The eyes task is a valid test of theory of mind suitable for high functioning adults with autism]]> 2017-05-18 10:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532818 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532901 2017-05-18 10:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172532901 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172533353 1. From the study of Baron-Cohen et al, outline two of the ways the participants were tested [4]
2. Explain one strength of gathering quantitative data in Baron-Cohen's study [2]]]> 2017-05-18 10:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172533353 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172537890
- Participants were shown the same pictures of the same facial expressions, of the same size and for the same amount of time (3 seconds). This means that each participant was exposed to the same conditions which means a high internal reliability.
- Although this proccedure could also have high external reliability as it it easy to replicate, no further testing was reported in the paper that was published

]]> 2017-05-18 10:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172537890 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172538721 Validity:

- This can be seen as a weakness of the study. There was low ecological validity as the experience of judging emotions from an isolated pair of eyes is different to doing this in real life where additional information such as body gestures and speech is available 
- On the other hand, a test of Validity was carried out when participants were given the Strange Stories task (performances of this and on the eye task should correlate as both evaluate theory of mind) so this increases the validity of the study]]> 2017-05-18 10:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172538721 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172539469
- The sample of adults that were on the autistic spectrum is relatively low at 16 and only 3 of these were female. Therefore this makes it difficult to assume that this is representative of the group of high-functioning adults with autism. 
- As well as this, the participants were selected by volunteer sampling which makes the study more generalizing as the participants who respond may do so because of similar characteristics ]]> 2017-05-18 10:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172539469 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172540389
-  This study demonstrates that problems with reading facial expressions and identifying the correct emotions is difficult even for high-functioning adults with autism
- This means that this study may be applied to help teach emotions by helping those on the autistic spectrum better recognise facial cues and related emotions. ]]> 2017-05-18 10:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172540389 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172540862
-  This was a sensitive study as it involved vulnerable participants
- However, the study was ethical as the participants weren't deceived and experienced no further distress than they would normally. ]]> 2017-05-18 10:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172540862 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172541071
- Study was carried out in a controlled setting and the environment of the study was well controlled
-  Ecological validity was a problem as the the Eye Task was different to real-life situations
- This was a Quasi experiment so groups may have been poorly matched especially since the control group wasn't properly tested to ensure comparability to the other two groups. ]]> 2017-05-18 10:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172541071 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172541571
- The only type of data gathered in this study was quantitative. 
- This is advantageous because using numbers allows for an easier comparison of the three groups and is also less time-consuming
- It is also disadvantageous because participants had no opportunities to express how they were feeling during the Eyes Test or what they found difficult about it. This information would have contributed to study overall. when discussing findings and making conclusions based up on this. ]]> 2017-05-18 11:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172541571 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172542300 The main problems with this study was sampling and validity. To improve the sample of the study, it could be longitudinal with the the participant doing the Eye Test at checkups with medical professionals if do this or meet ups could be arranged. This would provide additional information as it would show how Theory of Mind develops in a person of Autistic Spectrum and more participants could be included by consulting such professionals who deal with people of the autistic spectrum. 

To improve validity, variations of the Eye Test should be carried out. These variations include a progressive increase in the amount of information that the participant has to guess the emotion, more of the person shall be shown on the photograph. The participants will be shown the photographs for a longer time with the photographs with more visible since it is presumed that this will be more difficult to discern what emotion is being shown. ]]> 2017-05-18 11:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172542300 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172545369 2017-05-18 11:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172545369 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172546274 2017-05-18 11:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172546274 11amerc https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172547529 2017-05-18 11:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/11amerc/wvi3covzyjn8/wish/172547529