Autism Spectrum Disorder Is a Disorder Defined Primarily By

question 42

Multiple Choice

Autism spectrum disorder is a disorder defined primarily by:

• A) mental retardation.
• B) an inability to relate normally to other people.
• C) extreme anxiety.
• D) stage-like development.

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Definitions:

Rubber-Hand Study

A series of psychological experiments that demonstrate how sensory inputs can influence body ownership and the brain's perception of the body.

McGurk Effect

A perceptual phenomenon demonstrating an interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception, where what we see overrides what we hear.

Kinesthesis

The ability to perceive the posture, heaviness, or motion of muscles, tendons, and joints.

Sensory Interaction

The principle that one sense may influence another, as when the smell of food influences its taste.