Lesson 7.1.6

7.1.6 Autism: features, explanations and therapies Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Psychology, Unit 7

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The 20 questions

  1. Which impairment completes Wing and Gould's triad alongside social interaction and communication?

    • Language acquisition
    • Visual perception
    • Social imagination
    • Motor coordination

  2. What term describes the ability to understand mental states and beliefs in other people?

    • Executive function
    • Central coherence
    • Theory of mind
    • Social facilitation

  3. Which psychological concept is primarily assessed using the Sally-Anne test?

    • Weak central coherence
    • False belief
    • Classical conditioning
    • Joint attention

  4. What did Folstein and Rutter find regarding twin concordance rates for autism?

    • Equal in both types
    • Zero in all twins
    • Higher in MZ twins
    • Higher in DZ twins

  5. Which intervention for autism uses operant conditioning principles to teach adaptive skills?

    • TEACCH programme
    • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
    • Applied Behaviour Analysis
    • Social Skills Training

  6. What cognitive processing style in autism involves focusing on details rather than global context?

    • Deficit in mindreading
    • Lack of empathy
    • Weak central coherence
    • Executive dysfunction

  7. Which core feature of autism includes insistence on sameness and stereotypic movements?

    • Restricted repetitive behaviours
    • Communication breakdown
    • Impaired social imagination
    • Executive dysfunction

  8. What cognitive deficit is typically indicated when a child fails the Sally-Anne false-belief task?

    • Motor dyspraxia
    • Visual agnosia
    • Impaired theory of mind
    • Phonological deficit

  9. A child with autism has difficulty making eye contact and sharing interests. Which area of the triad does this describe?

    • Memory
    • Motor coordination
    • Social interaction
    • Hearing

  10. Which intervention uses structured environments and visual schedules to support autistic children?

    • TEACCH programme
    • Social Stories
    • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
    • Applied Behaviour Analysis

  11. Identical twin concordance for autism is high but under 100%. What does this demonstrate?

    • Condition is entirely learned
    • Nature and nurture interact
    • Genetics are irrelevant
    • Environment is irrelevant

  12. In a sample of 200 children with autism, 140 showed impaired theory of mind. What percentage is this?

    • 40 per cent
    • 14 per cent
    • 70 per cent
    • 140 per cent

  13. What is a primary goal of early intervention programmes for autistic children?

    • Social skill development
    • Preventing diagnosis
    • Curing autism completely
    • Altering genetic code

  14. Focusing on local details rather than overall context describes which explanation of autism?

    • Weak central coherence
    • Executive dysfunction
    • Theory of mind
    • Extreme male brain

  15. Comparing two interventions for autistic children using identical outcome measures is an example of what?

    • Controlled comparison
    • Single-blind trial
    • Case study
    • Naturalistic observation

  16. Which task is commonly used to test for Theory of Mind deficits in autism?

    • Line judgement task
    • Strange Situation
    • False-belief task
    • Memory span task

  17. What does an incomplete concordance rate in monozygotic twins suggest about autism?

    • Brain damage is random
    • Environmental factors contribute
    • Genetics are irrelevant
    • It is solely learned

  18. Autism is found in about 1 in 100 children. How many children would be expected to have autism in a group of 2000?

    • 200
    • 20
    • 2
    • 10

  19. Which type of learning forms the main basis of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)?

    • Classical conditioning
    • Social learning theory
    • Operant conditioning
    • Cognitive restructuring

  20. Which approach combines genetic vulnerability with environmental factors to explain autism?

    • Psychodynamic approach
    • Strict behaviourism
    • Interactionist approach
    • Biological reductionism

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