Quiz 3

@+ is correct

1. Which of the following statements regarding children with autism is true?

@-They are very imaginative.

@+They don't enjoy playing.

@-They like to meet new people.

@-They are very aware of the feelings of others.

2. The theory of mindblindness suggests that autistic children have major problems with which module of mindreading?

@-The module that detects eyes and differentiates agents from other objects in the world.

@-The module that allows them to learn language.

@+The module that finds where eyes are looking and shares the perceptual experience.

@-The module that detects eye direction.

3. The reason that autistic children don't respond correctly to the question asked in the Sally and the Marble story is:

@-They do not gaze monitor and therefore don't know where the experimenter is looking when the question is asked.

@-The dolls used don't have eyes that can be directed towards the marble.

@-They don't understand the fact that Sally left and then returned.

@+They can't imagine that Sally would not know the true location of the marble.

4. Practitioners of Facilitated Communication believe that:

@-Children with autism have an adult-like knowledge of English along with an adult-like understanding of social relationships.

@-Children with autism have a normal brain but are trapped in a body that doesn't work.

@-Neither of the above.

@+Both of the above.

5. Which of the following statements regarding William's syndrome is FALSE?

@+They have a phenomenal ability to understand maps and directions.

@-They are very sensitive to the feelings of others.

@-They have a below average IQ.

@-They are poor at math skills.

EXTRA CREDIT

Above are two Lego structures created to represent two different phrase structures. As before, the colors of the Lego pieces represent different types of phrases. One Lego structure represents the phrase structure of "The man’s car," and the other represents the phrase structure of "The car of the man."

Items 1 to 5 present questions that relate to one of the two Lego construction representations of phrase structure. Compare the Lego constructions to the two phrases and then try to match the appropriate Lego structure to each question.

1. Which represents "The man’s car?"

Left Lego construction

2. Which represents "The car of the man?"

Right Lego construction

3. Which contains a phrase headed by a part of a word?

Left Lego construction

4. Which contains three phrases headed by a word or part-word that is attached on the right side of the phrase

Left Lego construction?

5. Which contains a prepositional phrase

Right Lego construction?