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C/PS/24. Autism ? the Role of Developmental Psychology in Understanding and Supporting the Development of Children?s Cognitive and Social Abilities

WORDS:
900
DATE:
2006
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9.99 GBP

In this short essay, we discuss the role of developmental psychology and the three theories of Theory of Mind Deficit, Executive Dysfunction and Weak drive for Central Coherence in providing insights into the nature of autism and associated problems in social and cognitive abilities. The broader role of developmental psychology has been discussed and the characteristics of autism have been identified considering the three theories that help to provide somewhat controversial explanations on cognitive and social abilities of autistic children.

 

KEYWORDS: autism, role, developmental, psychology, understanding, supporting, development, children, cognitive, social, abilities,