PSY-P 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: John Bowlby, Reinforcement, Mary Ainsworth
9 Nov 2017
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A disorder marked by social deficiencies and repetitive behaviors. Underlying source of asd"s symptoms seems to be poor communication among brain regions that normally work together to let us take another"s viewpoint. Mind reading is difficult, inferring, remembering others" thoughts, feelings are difficult. Different levels of severity -- asperger syndrome function at high level. Biological factors, genetic influences, and abnormal brain development contribute to. Boys are more often systemizers: better at understanding things according to rules or laws, as in mathematical and mechanical systems. No one autism gene accounts for the disorder. Many genes with more than 200 identified contribute. Underconnectivity: fewer than normal fiber tracts connecting the front of the brain to the back. Schemas for familiar faces; when they cannot assimilate the new face into these remembered schemas, they become distressed. Attachment: an emotional tie with another person.
