Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder Change as Research Provides

question 71

Multiple Choice

Diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder change as research provides more information on the symptoms and causes. Which of the following has been a result of this?

• A) decrease in diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders
• B) increase in incidence of autism spectrum disorders
• C) decrease in incidence of autism spectrum disorders
• D) increase in diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any need for prior learning or conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that, through association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to elicit a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

Psychic Secretions

Bodily reactions that occur in response to psychological stimuli, historically explored in the context of Pavlov's conditioning experiments.