PSY 1001: Intro To Psychology Exam #3-
Autism With Complete Solutions
How did early theorists conceptualize autism? - answer As feeblemindedness
Who was Leo Kanner and how did he conceptualize infantile disorder? - answer Known
as the grandfather of autism research
Conceptualized infantile autistic disorder is a disorder of affective contact (mood,
feeling, etc.)
What were the strengths of children with infantile autistic disorder? - answer Excellent
rote memory; "intelligent" relation to objects
Bruno Bettelheim proposed that autism was caused by the "refrigerator mother"—what
is that? - answer Another word for a lack of warmth/care given by a mother
What are two pieces of evidence that autism may have a biological basis (Rimland's and
Folstein and Rutter)? - answer The relationship between seizure disorders and autistic
individuals (Brain disorder, Rimland)
The concordance rates between fraternal/identical twins (heritability, Folstein & Rutter)
What are the differences between the classification of autism and autistic spectrum
disorders in the DSM-IV and the DSM-V - answer The DSM-IV classifies autism/autistic
spectrum disorders as pervasive developmental disorders. Criteria are: social
impairments, communication deficits, and sterotyped interests and rigid/repetitive
behavior
The DSM-V classifies autism/autistic spectrum disorders as autism spectrum disorders.
Criteria include: persisten deficits in social communication, and restricted/repetitive
patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.
What are diagnostic symptoms of autism? What are associated features? - answer
Restricted communication and restricted/repetitive behavior
What do epidemiologists mean by incidence and prevalence? - answer the rate of the
total number of new cases identified in a population at a given time (studied very little)
Why the increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism? - answer Greater
public awareness, better case ascertainment, lower age at diagnosis, diagnostic
substitution, and changes in diagnostic criterion
What is the current conceptualization of autism? - answer it's a quantitative trait
normally distributed amongst the population
Autism With Complete Solutions
How did early theorists conceptualize autism? - answer As feeblemindedness
Who was Leo Kanner and how did he conceptualize infantile disorder? - answer Known
as the grandfather of autism research
Conceptualized infantile autistic disorder is a disorder of affective contact (mood,
feeling, etc.)
What were the strengths of children with infantile autistic disorder? - answer Excellent
rote memory; "intelligent" relation to objects
Bruno Bettelheim proposed that autism was caused by the "refrigerator mother"—what
is that? - answer Another word for a lack of warmth/care given by a mother
What are two pieces of evidence that autism may have a biological basis (Rimland's and
Folstein and Rutter)? - answer The relationship between seizure disorders and autistic
individuals (Brain disorder, Rimland)
The concordance rates between fraternal/identical twins (heritability, Folstein & Rutter)
What are the differences between the classification of autism and autistic spectrum
disorders in the DSM-IV and the DSM-V - answer The DSM-IV classifies autism/autistic
spectrum disorders as pervasive developmental disorders. Criteria are: social
impairments, communication deficits, and sterotyped interests and rigid/repetitive
behavior
The DSM-V classifies autism/autistic spectrum disorders as autism spectrum disorders.
Criteria include: persisten deficits in social communication, and restricted/repetitive
patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.
What are diagnostic symptoms of autism? What are associated features? - answer
Restricted communication and restricted/repetitive behavior
What do epidemiologists mean by incidence and prevalence? - answer the rate of the
total number of new cases identified in a population at a given time (studied very little)
Why the increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism? - answer Greater
public awareness, better case ascertainment, lower age at diagnosis, diagnostic
substitution, and changes in diagnostic criterion
What is the current conceptualization of autism? - answer it's a quantitative trait
normally distributed amongst the population
