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Sally Anne Task- simple task to test the theory of mind of children up to 6 years old. Children with autism lack the theory of mind. Showed that Sally would be in the box instead of the basket- they only see the situation from their own perspective To investigate if high functioning adults with a autism or Asperger’s syndrome would be impaired on a Theory of Mind test called the eyes task. Quasi Experiment Matched Participants Type of person likely to have TOM Score out of 25 of the theory of mind task, the eyes task Group 1: 16 Participants (Autism/ Asperger’s syndrome) National Autistic Magazine, Self Selected Group 2: 15 Participants (Normal) Cambridge, excluded university students, Random Sampling Group 3: 10 Participants (Tourette’s) Tertiary Referral Centre in London Participants shown black and white photographs of the eye region of 25 different faces (male and female) – taken from magazine photos and the size of the pictures were standardised at 15 X 10 CM The pictures were shown for 3 secs and needed to decide the suitable emotion. Happe’s Strange Stories task- tested again for concurrent validity. There were 2 control tasks: Gender Recognition Test and Emotion Recognition Test. Completed test in quiet room in their house or the clinic or a lab at Cambridge University No differences in gender and emotion recognition task Autistic participants were more impaired on the strange stories task and the eyes task compared to the normal participants Females scored better than male adults People with autism and Asperger’s syndrome had the failure to develop the theory of mind. Normal females shown to be better at recognising eyes than normal males TOM deficits independent of intelligence Quantitative Data- easy to compare and analyse Matched groups- eliminates extraneous variables No potential bias- each photo was identical Reliable- standardised procedure and highly replicable Ethnocentrism- British culture so western perspective Low generalisability- not an equal and small sample Used self report- lacks accuracy due to the social desirability bias...