What can pose a problem in diagnosing autism spectrum disorder?
a. Most signs of autism are extremely subtle or vague.
b. There are no medical tests that can pinpoint autism.
c. Autism cannot diagnosed until age five or later
d. Autism can only be diagnosed when a person demonstrates basic math or reading skill development substantially below the person's chronological age and educational background.
Question 2A splinter skill is said to exist when a ____.
a. person's language ability is extraordinarily good but his or her motor and visual abilities are extremely poor
b. child does very well on one or more isolated spatial and rote memory tasks but poorly on those requiring language
c. person can develop a relationship with an inanimate object but not with a person
d. child can retain information for only a short period of time
Question 3Tyrel was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and has an IQ below 70 . Despite this, he can remember the name of every all-star baseball player for the past 30 years and can tell which day of the week December 3, 1908, fell on. Tyrel's behavior illustrates ____.
a. superior short-term memory skills
b. neurological impairments
c. the term autistic savant
d. echolalia
Question 4It is rare for children with autism spectrum disorder to ____.
a. become obsessive about keeping things the same
b. exhibit self-stimulatory behaviors
c. become fascinated with inanimate objects
d. make eye contact with others
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