PSYC 3410 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Conduct Disorder, Clinical Psychology, Dyslexia

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3410
• Professor: Michael Luther

Document Summary

Psyc 3410 midterm exam (open book) (73) searching for and assessing theory of mind in autism: enhancing. Theory of mind (tom) as the ability to read other individuals, to relate to other people and to be in touch with the self (73). Autistic children are shown to lack pretend play, attention, social interest, social play, and joint-attention (74). Similarities between primates and infant human children in self-recognition tasks (76-77). Vygotsky regarded language as a tool for thought and theorized that children develop internalized languages as the engage more into shared social dialogues (78). Seligman wrote about the faulty beliefs adults and children possess that can cause them to become pessimistic and bitter (79). Gardner notes that the autistic child, who has no documented brain damage, is one who has an impaired sense of self and inability to communicate with others (80). Autistic children are often thought to lack a developed tom (81).