Explain the controversial extreme male brain theory of ASD
What will be an ideal response?
Those with ASD are presumed to fall at the extreme high end of a continuum of cognitive abilities associated with systemizing (understanding the inanimate world), and at the extreme low end of abilities associated with empathizing (understanding our social world). Both abilities are present in all males and females, but males are presumed to show more systemizing and females more empathizing.
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In social psychology, a feeling state that is not linked to any particular event is known as a(n) ____
a. mood b. emotion c. affect d. response
____ validity refers to whether scores on a measure behave as predicted by theory or past research
a. Face b. Convergent c. Construct d. Discriminant
In her story in Chapter 11, Virginia Ramirez became involved in citizen participation initially because of ____ , and later led efforts to ____
a. her background in a family of political leaders; obtain city funding for her neighborhood b. the death of her neighbor; create better jobs and promote job training c. her leadership experience at work; unionize workers at her workplace d. her background in a family of political leaders; create better jobs for her community
The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (2005, 2006 ) found that children in non-maternal child care appeared to display
A) greater percentages of insecure-ambivalent attachment styles. B) greater percentages of insecure-resistant attachment styles. C) greater percentages of secure attachment styles. D) the same percentages of attachment styles as other children.