PSYC 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Phenotype, Observational Learning, Language Delay
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Asd is diangosed less and later in females. 4 - 4. 3 : 1 (entire spectrum including high iq) Ados/adi didn"t factor in gender differences when developing instruments. Women were more likely to have prior diagonsis/mismeasurment. Ad/hd, eating disorders, language delay, anxiety disorder. In order to get the attention, lower iq, more behavioural and cognitive impairment. Higher rates of low self-esteem, more itneranlizing and externalizing behaviourals. Identify levels of emotional arousal accurately yet able to label the emotion poorly. 7. 9%, 7 or 8 times more likely to have eating disorders. Females more likely than td to have eating disorder. Odd preoccpution + restricted interest + poor at imaginative play. Restricted interest that are more in line with social and gendr norms. No speech = no differences in iq/adaptive skills. More for males in cognitively able individuals. No different in age at wich parents erport concern. Ratio is already skewed in the begining.
