PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Spectrum, Occupational Therapy
• Therapies FOR autism spectrum disorder
o Occupational therapy
▪ Address sensory integration difficulties
▪ Autistic kids have different needs (light, noise,
o Speech therapy
o Behavior therapy
▪ Applied Behavioral Analysis
▪ Basically just a systematic process
▪ Increase positive behaviors and decrease negative ones
▪ Data driven to assess performance
• Discrete trail training
• Picture exchange system
o Social skilfls therapy
o Is it a disablility of a disease?
o Does it need cure/fixing?
o Waht would happen if we could dtet autism during pregnancy
like down sysndrome?
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• positive emotions
• first month: reflexive smile
• by 2 months: smiling after controlling events •
by 3 months: social smile
• negative emotions
• first month:general distress only
• by 7 months: fear includes stranger anxiety which peaks 2 yrs
8mts: seperation anxiety
Self awareness by 18mts
Recognize on mirror
around 18 month
• self-conscious emotions emerge
