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| What 3 Groups of people did Baron-Cohen use? |
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| People with Autism, Tourettes and Normal. |
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| What age group was the 'Sally Ann Test' aimed at? |
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| What was the aim on Baron-Cohen's Theory of Mind experiment? |
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| Aim: To investigate if high functioning adults with autism or Asperger syndrome would be impaired on a theory of mind test. |
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| What does the term 'Foil Term' mean in this study? |
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| The oppisite meaning to the target term; these were created by the 4 judges. |
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Which group performed best in the 'Eyes Task'?
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| Adults with Tourettes syndrome |
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| Why was the ecological validity low in the first experiment? |
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| It was conducted in a Laboratory therefore there may have been demand characteristics. |
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| What type of data was collected from this experiment? |
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| What were the control variables for the 'Eyes Test'? |
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| Intelligence, sex and develpomental disorders. |
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| Why did Baron-Cohen choose to have Tourette Syndrome as a control group? |
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- Similar intelligence levels
- Suffered from a developmental disorder since childhood
- Disorders cause difficulty to schooling and friendships
- Beleived to affect the same area of the brain
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| What method of experiment did Baron-Cohen use? and why? |
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| Quasi experiment- because the independent variable is formed naturally. |
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