Present evidence supporting how aspects of neural, cognitive, and behavioral development are thought to interrelate in the development of children with autism spectrum disorder.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Children with autism spectrum disorder are thought to have decreased activation of the neural reward system and atypical social brain circuitry from birth.
2. This deviation in brain development leads them to respond less to social cues such as smiling faces.
3. Lack of social interaction delays several aspects of social and communicative development such as joint attention, social imitation, face processing, pretend play, and language.
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a. make decisions based on cognitive reasoning b. recover from losses and to learn from wins c. maintain the euphoria of risk-taking d. remain confident that they will win in the future
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a. anterior cortex b. posterior cortex c. left hemisphere d. right hemisphere
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a. repeated observations of the model. b. direct chaining of the behaviors. c. direct reinforcement or feedback of the behavior once it is modeled. d. positive transfer of the behavior to other new responses.