Part 1 book “Autism - An introduction to psychological theory” has contents: Introduction, the history of autism, autism at the behavioural level, autism at the behavioural level, autism at the cognitive level - understanding minds, autism at the cognitive level - alternatives to theory of mind. | Autism Autism an introduction to psychological theory Francesca Happé MRC Cognitive Development Unit © Francesca Happé 1994 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. First published in 1994 by UCL Press UCL Press Limited University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to .” The name of University College London (UCL) is a registered trade mark used by UCL Press with the consent of the owner. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-203-01422-7 Master e-book ISBN 1-85728-366-X HB 1-85728-230-2 PB Contents Preface v Acknowledgements vi 1 Introduction 1 2 The history of autism 6 3 Autism at the behavioural level 13 4 Autism at the biological level 24 5 Autism at the cognitive level: understanding minds 30 6 Autism at the cognitive level: alternatives to theory of mind 45 7 The talented minority 58 8 Asperger’s syndrome 72 9 Autism and not-autism 88 Remaining puzzles: a look to the future 97 10 Bibliography 112 Subject index 127 Author .
