(BQ) Part 2 book "Developmental psychology in action" has contents: Autism and developmental psychology, psychology and education - Understanding teaching and learning. | Chapter 4 Autism and developmental psychology Andrew Grayson Contents Learning outcomes 145 Introduction 145 Understandingautism from the inside out First-hand accounts First-hand accounts and science The incorrigibility of first-hand accounts? 146 146 153 153 Understandingautism from the outside in Diagnosis Prevalence Causes Brain mechanisms Sensation and movement Reflecting on the different perspectives 154 154 156 156 158 159 160 PI Psychological theories Theory of mind Executive dysfunction Central coherence Early transactions 161 161 165 168 170 PI Psychological theories: a critique Evaluating psychological approaches What i s said and what i s heard Psychoiogicai research on autism: who i s it for? 171 172 173 173 PI Integrating insider and outsider accounts Pretend play 175 175 PI Conclusions 177 References 178 Reading Reading A: The history of ideas on autism: legends, myths and reality 183 H 4 AUTISMAND DEVELOPMENTALPSYCHOLOGY After you have studied this chapter you should be able to: 1 describe key characteristics of autism; 2 discuss critically the characteristics of first-hand and third-party accounts of autism; 3 compare and contrast different psychological approaches to understanding autism; 4 evaluate the role that psychological research has played in relation to understanding and representing autism. Introduction So far in this book ‘developmental psychology in action’ has been presented in a very practical sense - in terms of applying psychological research to areas of child development to improve the way children are understood and supported in a variety of contexts. This chapter represents an additional way of interpreting the theme o this book - it looks at how developmental psychology itself is ‘in action’. f That is, this discussion of autism will show how psychological research itself is dynamic, with approaches to a particular topic being .
