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skymedlock

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on: Jun 22, 2018
In what ways are children with intellectual disability distinguishable from children with intellectual disability in addition to ASD?
 
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Discuss the theory of mind hypothesis of ASD. What findings provide support for this hypothesis?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Most children with ID without ASD show a general delay across all areas of intellectual functioning on this test. In contrast, the performance of children with ASD tends to be uneven across different WISC subtests.

Answer to Question 2

By age 4, most children can comprehend what others might know, think, and believe; this is something that even older individuals with ASD have great difficulty doing. The ToM hypothesis of ASD begins with the premise that the ability to read the intentions, beliefs, feelings, and desires of others from their external behavior has adaptive significance in human evolution. ToM proposes that all humans are, by nature, mind readers.


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