As Discussed in the Prologue, Tom Had Been Diagnosed with Asperger's

question 370

Multiple Choice

As discussed in the Prologue, Tom had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome (now considered a mild form of autism spectrum disorder) . According to the In Focus box on neurodiversity, Tom is likely to:

• A) show abnormal and slow language development, to have narrow interests and inflexible behavior, and, by definition, to have an IQ of 70 or below.
• B) show normal, even advanced language development, to have narrow interests and inflexible behavior, and, by definition, to have normal to above-average intelligence.
• C) have a low score on the Raven's Progressive Matrices test (50 or below) and a high score on the WAIS (100 or above).
• D) have an IQ score of 70 or below accompanied by a high level of social competence.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A conditioned reaction developed in response to a previously irrelevant stimulus after its frequent association with a stimulus that elicits an automatic response.

Original CS

In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus (CS) that is consistently paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) to produce a conditioned response (CR).

24 Hours

The period of time it takes for the Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis, typically defined as a day.

Discrimination

An aspect of learning in which the organism learns to respond differently to stimuli that have been associated with a US (or reinforcement), and stimuli that have not.