Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Asperger Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Eidetic Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

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March test will have no lecture questions on language. Raven"s matrices: questions not with culture induced. Validity: test measured what it is supposed to. Dr. j. l down (1887) : idiot savant . Idiot was accepted category of intellectual impairment at the time i. q. Excel in a narrow range of abilities: lightening-fast math, music, calendar calculations, art, mechanical or spatial abilities, spatial. Other reports of abilities in: time estimation, sensory discrimination, esp. All linked with phenomenal (but narrow memory limited to particular ability) Very rare less than 100 reports of prodigious ability. 6 times more likely in males than in females. Perhaps savants have photographic memory unlikely. 1 in 23 relatives of 5 savants no genetic tag: sensory deprivation: Autistic kids most likely to develop syndrome (1 in 10) Social attention serves as reward for display of talent. Many crave attention without developing exceptional talent: lateralization (most possible):