PSYC1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Heredity, Autism Spectrum, Konrad Lorenz
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Asd -> disorder marked by social deficiencies and repetitive behaviors, appears in childhood. Autism spectrum disorder: gets diagnosed in 1 in 68 american children by age of 8. Source of its symptoms -> poor communication among brain regions that normally work together to let us take. Asd kids are said to have an impaired theory of mind -> hard to read facial expressions another"s pov: difficulty inferring and remembering others" thoughts and feelings. 50% of people experience fair or good outcome -> asperger syndrome function at high levels those more severe struggle to use language. Biological factors, including genetic influences and abnormal brain development contribute to asd. Prenatal environment matters -> maternal infection and inflammation, drug use, stress. Affects more boys than girls -> boys are systemizers who like math and rules/laws, girls are empathizers : regardless of gender asd kids are systemizers who have difficulty reading facial expressions.
