Discuss the treatment options for children with autism
What will be an ideal response?
Treatment for autism is mainly based on learning principles. Behavior modification is used to try to stop self-injurious behaviors. Brief electric shocks may be used, though this raises ethical concerns. Behavior modification is also used to teach new behaviors. Many autistic children can be taught to accept people and their praise as reinforcers, rather than food treats. Praise can be used to teach speech and social play. The most effective treatment programs are individualized for the child. Sometimes drugs may be used, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibiters that are used to treat depression. Some anti-schizophrenic drugs may also be used. Drugs are used to prevent self-injury, aggressive outbursts, anxiety, depression, hyperactivity, and to help stop stereotypical behaviors. Autistic behavior generally persists into adulthood, but some people with autism go to college and can learn to function independently.
You might also like to view...
People who cooperate build a good reputation, and people who don't cooperate risk punishment. What do both of these processes require?
a. People's ability to recognize one another b. People's ability to identify facial expressions of emotion c. Moral reasoning based on spiritual purity d. Harmony between conscious and unconscious thought processes
Brain size and intelligence are highly correlated.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Depression may be caused when one explains negative events by making attributions that are ______ and ______.
a. stable; global b. internal; unstable c. unstable; specific d. external; unstable
Mishkin et al. (1983) trained rhesus monkeys to do two different tasks. One task was called a landmark task, which required the monkeys to remember the location of an event, and the other task was called an object task, which required the monkeys to learn a particular object. What did they discover?
A. Rhesus monkeys were excellent at the landmark task, but poor at the object task. B. Lesioning of the inferotemporal cortex resulted in impaired performance on the landmark task. C. Lesioning of the frontal eye fields resulted in a decline in all performance. D. Lesioning of the inferotemporal cortex resulted in impaired performance on the object task.