EDUC 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Umbrella Term, Mentalization, Self-Assessment
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Brain basis of cognition: behaviors are the clearest outward indication of asd, executive functioning frontal lobe implicated in rigidity and preservation (when you get stuck) Theory of mind - acknowledging: proposes a fault in the social brain, so that individuals are unable to understand some aspects of social communication. Mindblindness" - inability to put yourself in someone else"s shoes, and understand that their thought and desires differ from your own. Sally ann false belief: most developing 3 year olds do not understand the marble question but most 4 year olds do. Asd cognitive patterns also show strengths---savants about 10% of asd: more males than females. 5 areas savant skills are seen: music, art mathematics, calendar calculating, mechanical, spatial skills. Executive function: ability to plan, problem solve, inhibit implicates frontal lobe characterized by rigidity and perseveration, getting stuck in a given task ex. chess, tower of hanoi.
