Why Does Temple Grandin Describe Herself as "An Anthropologist on Mars

question 108

Multiple Choice

Why does Temple Grandin describe herself as "an anthropologist on Mars"?

• A)Her autism has left her with difficulties in understanding normal human emotions,so she must rely on deliberate observations to infer others' feelings.
• B)She can communicate with other autistic individuals using a code that she has developed.
• C)Like most people with autism,she has unusual beliefs,including a belief that she has had a past life as an alien.
• D)Like an anthropologist,the search for clues to understand the causes of autism requires digging deeply into one's past.

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Definitions:

Placebo Pill

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Unconscious Attributions

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Binocular Rivalry

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Dominant Eye

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