According to Baron-Cohen's Research, What Is the Source of the Difficulties

question 4

Multiple Choice

According to Baron-Cohen's research, what is the source of the difficulties that children with autistic disorder have with understanding others' thoughts?

• A)They lack the ability of social-informational role taking.
• B)They lack the theory-of-mind module.
• C)They have a shared-attention mechanism that is too highly focused.
• D)They are preoccupied with social referencing.

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