ASD 1-3 exam UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Leo kanner and Hans Asperger - CORRECT ANSWER - first scientists to identify ASD.
First was in america with his paper second was in Austria
Kanner's early descriptions of ASD - CORRECT ANSWER - -profound lack of affective
contact with others
-intense resistance to change in routines
-fascination with manipulating objects
-muteness or abnormalities of language
-superior rote memory
Asperger's early descriptions - CORRECT ANSWER - -impairment of social interaction
-all-absorbing interests
-imposition of repetitive routines on self and other
-inappropriate use of speech
- monologues on special interests
psychoanalysis view on autism - CORRECT ANSWER - concluded that autism was a
form of neurosis caused by disturbed mother-child relationships. The stigmatizing and
unjustifiable term 'refrigerator mother' indicates the supposed origins of the impaired
relationship.
Disapproval of psychoanalysis theory concerning autism - CORRECT ANSWER - By the
1970s, this theory had been disproved by studies showing that people with autism have
significant abnormalities of brain structure and function
early Psychiatric view of autism - CORRECT ANSWER - conceived of autism as a
psychotic condition with a physical, brain-related cause. It was mistakenly thought that the odd
CORRECT Answers
Leo kanner and Hans Asperger - CORRECT ANSWER - first scientists to identify ASD.
First was in america with his paper second was in Austria
Kanner's early descriptions of ASD - CORRECT ANSWER - -profound lack of affective
contact with others
-intense resistance to change in routines
-fascination with manipulating objects
-muteness or abnormalities of language
-superior rote memory
Asperger's early descriptions - CORRECT ANSWER - -impairment of social interaction
-all-absorbing interests
-imposition of repetitive routines on self and other
-inappropriate use of speech
- monologues on special interests
psychoanalysis view on autism - CORRECT ANSWER - concluded that autism was a
form of neurosis caused by disturbed mother-child relationships. The stigmatizing and
unjustifiable term 'refrigerator mother' indicates the supposed origins of the impaired
relationship.
Disapproval of psychoanalysis theory concerning autism - CORRECT ANSWER - By the
1970s, this theory had been disproved by studies showing that people with autism have
significant abnormalities of brain structure and function
early Psychiatric view of autism - CORRECT ANSWER - conceived of autism as a
psychotic condition with a physical, brain-related cause. It was mistakenly thought that the odd
