Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Have an Exceptional Explanatory Drive

Autor/inn/en	Rutherford, M. D.; Subiaul, Francys
Titel	Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Have an Exceptional Explanatory Drive
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 20 (2016) 6, S.744-753 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361315605973
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Children; Motivation; Social Cognition; Problem Solving; Help Seeking; Statistical Analysis; Nonverbal Communication; Experiments; Control Groups; Information Seeking; Cognitive Ability; Young Children; Motor Development; Diagnostic Tests; Observation; Mullen Scales of Early Learning; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Soziale Kognition; Problemlösen; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Statistische Analyse; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Erprobung; Informationserschließung; Denkfähigkeit; Frühe Kindheit; Motorische Entwicklung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Beobachtung
Abstract	An "explanatory drive" motivates children to explain ambiguity. Individuals with autism spectrum disorders are interested in how systems work, but it is unknown whether they have an explanatory drive. We presented children with and without autism spectrum disorder unsolvable problems in a physical and in a social context and evaluated problem-solving and explanation-seeking responses. In the physical context (but not the social context), the children with autism spectrum disorder showed a stronger explanatory drive than controls. Importantly, the number of explanatory behaviors made by children with autism spectrum disorder in the social context was independent of social and communicative impairments. Children with autism spectrum disorder did not show an exceptional explanatory drive in the social domain. These results suggest that children with autism spectrum disorder have an explanatory drive and that the explanatory drive may be domain specific. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01