'Triad of impairments' experienced by autistic children:
Impaired social interaction, social communication & imagination.
Can they represent the mental state of another person (T.O.M.)?
Baron-Cohen, Leslie & Frith's quasi-experiment.
Autistic, Down's syndrome & 'Normal' children were tested.
Test 1 Sally-Anne Test
1. Naming Question: Name the dolls
2. Reality Question: Where is the marble really?
3. Memory Question: Where was the marble at the beginning?
4. Belief Question: Where will Sally look for the marble?
Test 2 : Repeated Test 1 but the marble was put in the experimenter's pocket.
Control understanding, intelligence & maturation
Low ecological validity & Ethics
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