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1
What was the gender distribution like in the HFA/AS group?
15 males
50/50 male and female
A secret society of mind-readers
Mostly females
2
Which disorder was a major focus of Baron-Cohen et al.'s research?
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Extreme fear of eyes
Schizophrenia
3
Which of these was an actual co-variable in the study?
How much sleep participants got
Number of times participants sighed dramatically
Whether participants wore glasses
Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) score
4
What psychological concept was primarily investigated in this study?
How to win at staring contests 🤨
Cognitive dissonance
Memory retention
Theory of Mind
5
Which group performed the worst on the Eyes Test?
HFA/AS adults
People who forgot to bring their glasses
Neurotypical Cambridge students
General population
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One major limitation of the test was...
It was too easy
Participants were hypnotized before taking it
It used static images instead of real-life interactions
The sample size was too large
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According to Baron-Cohen et al., what could the Eyes Test help with in real life?
Identifying social intelligence deficits
Detecting secret crushes
Training people to become mind readers
Predicting who would win an argument
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How were the participants with autism recruited?
Forced participation
Kidnapped and blindfolded before testing
Random selection from hospitals
Through advertisements in a UK autism magazine
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How many stages are involved in Theory of Mind?
As many as it takes to win an argument
Two
Three
Five
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The test can be used to measure...
The severity of autistic traits
How attractive someone's eyes are
The ability to resist blinking
Reaction times
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Who is Simon Baron-Cohen?
A magician specializing in eye tricks 👀
A psychiatrist who studies emotions
A professional mind-reader
A cognitive neuroscientist and autism researcher
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Intelligence (IQ) affect performance on the Eyes Test
True
False
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Why was the original ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ test revised?
To improve accuracy and difficulty
Because people were getting perfect scores
The eyes in the pictures were too scary
Just for fun
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Which of these was NOT a problem with the original test?
Limited response options
Ceiling effect
Too many pictures of smiling faces
Eye direction bias
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There ws random allocation of participants to groups
False
True
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What was an ethical concern about the study?
It forced participants to watch emotional movies
It may have caused distress to HFA/AS participants
It involved physical harm
The eyes in the test were too intense
17
How can the Eyes Test be useful in education?
To help identify students with social intelligence difficulties
To replace standardized tests
To decide who gets to be class president
To test memory skills
18
Theory of Mind is the ability to...
Memorize long lists of emotions
Predict and understand other people's mental states
Convince your dog to talk back to you
Guess someone's age based on their eyes
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What was a key improvement in the revised test?
Flashing lights to make it exciting
More response options per question
Longer test duration
Added sound effects for dramatic effect
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What kind of validity issue did the study have?
Low ecological validity
It measured memory instead
High external validity
It was rigged to make everyone feel bad
21
How many items were on the revised ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ test?
36
50
100, because emotions are complicated 😭
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What was the main takeaway from Baron-Cohen et al.’s research?
Some emotions are just too hard to read
Cambridge students are better at everything
Eyes Test is useful for measuring subtle impairments in social intelligence
The more you stare at eyes, the better you get at mind-reading
23
The revised Eyes Test was considered successful?
True
False
24
Which group had the highest IQ?
High-functioning autism (HFA) adults
Cambridge University students
General population controls
People who have watched Sherlock Holmes too many times
25
Participants were shown pictures of...
Animals with expressive eyes
The eyes of actors and actresses
People making funny faces
Entire faces
26
What did the study conclude about social intelligence in HFA/AS adults?
They had perfect accuracy
They had impairments but could still recognize gender
They saw into the future instead
They scored higher than neurotypicals
27
What was the correlation between AQ score and Eyes Test score?
Positive (+0.53)
The more you blink, the worse you score
No correlation
Negative (-0.53)
28
What was the main purpose of the revised eyes test?
To diagnose people with ASD
To finally prove that your mom can tell when you're lying
To be a more sensitive measure of adult social intelligence
To replace traditional IQ tests
29
Who else could benefit from the Eyes Test?
People with brain injuries
Only psychologists
People who stare at strangers for fun
Only autistic individuals
30
The study involved participants choosing a word that best described...
The emotion shown in a pair of eyes
The age of the person
Whether the eyes were staring into their soul
The color of the eyes
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What was the independent variable in the study?
Whether they blinked during the test
The room temperature
The group the participant was in
The participant's shoe size
32
All participants randomly assigned to groups
True
False
33
The study was criticized for only measuring...
The first stage of Theory of Mind
Empathy levels
Full social intelligence
How fast people could pick an answer
34
How many participant groups were in the study?
2
Just one really confused person
4
3
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Who performed better on the test, on average?
No significant difference
People who watch a lot of drama series
Males
Females
