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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 12 Problem 7TY

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Solution 1

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is a disorder in the children that is characterized by the impairment of communication skills, delayed development of social interaction and also stereotyped behavior. This can be identified by the age of 3 years or as early as before one year.

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There are several variations in the ASD. One of them is the Asperger’s disorder that is characterized by the impaired social interactions but there is no problem with the cognitive or language skills.

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Hence the option c is not correct.

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Autistic children also do not respond if they are called by their name. They also do not babble by the age of one year. Autistic children are delayed in social interaction so they do not have much interaction with the others or there is no interaction. So they do not develop the fear of strangers.

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Hence the options a and b are not correct.

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Restricted neural synapsis is not a characteristic of autism spectrum disorder.

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Hence the correct option is .