APPsych+Attachment+and+Autism

AP Psychology- Thanksgiving Break Reading Assignments. Guys you'll have four articles to read. They are: Inside the Autistic Mind (TIME May 15, 2006) by Claudia Wallis (an excellent introductory piece), What Happens When They Grow Up by Barbara Kantrowitz and Julie Scelfo (NEWSWEEK November 27, 2006), A Spectrum of Disorders by Ashley Pettus from Harvard Magazine from January-February 2008, and (finally) Attachment Theory: The Ultimate Experiment by Margaret Talbot. Copies will be distributed in class (and you can find them on the Internet) and I will post questions that need to be answered for each article. Now, regarding the questions: instead of just answering the questions in order I want you to write a 2 page explanation of the 4 articles (750 word minimum, 1 inch margins, 12 point type, New Times Roman, proper heading [name, course, period, instructor, date] in the upper left hand corner, word count at the end). Incorporate the answers to the questions into your narrative essay. Cite authors where appropriate ( Ex: [ Pettus,4]). Finally, compare Attachment difficulties with Autism- how are they alike, what problems would the parents encounter? You won't answer all 31 questions in your essay but I hope you hit at least 12-14 of the Autsim related questions and 5 or 6 of the Attachment questions. I hope that explains the assignment. Good luck. Take care and have a great holiday. Mr. Mac

__//Inside the Autistic Mind Questions//__ 5. Explain “ABA” as it relates to educating autistic children. 6. What is “floortime” and how does it relate to autism treatment? 7. What is so unique about the Alpine school in Paramus New Jersey? __//What Happens When They Grow Up//__ 8. What is autism? 9. When does it strike? 10. How do the authors characterize the disorder? 11. What statistics point to the seriousness of the problem? 12. What is included in the range of symptoms? 13. What autism legislation is currently before Congress? 14. Where does it stand? 15. What would the bill authorize? //__A Spectrum of Disorders__// 16. How does the idea of a "spectrum" fit in with our idea of a "continuum" of mental disorders 17. Who was Hans Asperger? 18. What is the vaccine theory of Autism? 19. What are linkage peaks? 20. Who's at greater risk -boys or girls? //__Attachment Theory:the Ultimate Experiment__//
 * 1) Who discovered or identified autism and how long ago did that occur?
 * 2) What is Autism? How does the scientific discussion of it differ from, say, 20 years ago?
 * 3) What are the rates or chances of being Autistic? For the general population? For males and females?
 * 4) What are the proposed causes of Autism?

21. What is the basis of “Attachment Theory”? What does it say needs to be done, by whom, and when? 22. According to Linda Mayes and Sally Provence of Yale, why is the promotion of “Attachment Theory” important? 23. Name 5 of the symptoms of a child who has been severely neglected and has an under-developed sense of attachment. 24. Explain the connection between the Romanian civil war of the late 1980s and early 1990s and the Attachment Theory issue. 25. Referencing Paula Pickle of the Attachment Center at Evergreen, is day-care harmful? 26. What problem(s) does Jerome Kagan have with Attachment Theory? 27. According to the article and Mary Ainsworth, what is a “secure base” and what is its value? 28. What was John Bowlby’s assessment of women in the workplace? 29. What is Diane Eyer stance on Attachment Theory? 30. Harry Chugani (I love Chugani. Remember him from the story of Brandy Binder, the girl who had the right hemisherectomy?), anyway, where does Chugani stand on the issue of Attachment? 31. Explain Mary Ainsworth’s “Strange Situation”? What’s most important? What occurs and how?

I just watched (actually it's a re-watching since I've seen it 4 or 5 times now) a great TED Talk from Vilayanur Ramachandran: entitled A journey to the center of your mind....when we do "Phantom Limbs" in Perception we will view this....it's absolutely fascinating.

Hello AP Psych students. I am include a link to the ABC News features on R.A.D (Reactive Attachment Disorder) that Maria Corsia submitted. We may not get through all of them in class so I ask that you look at them from your home computer. Here the [|link] and the video segments are located on the right side (there are 5 parts and once you have clicked on one the site will give you access to all 5).