Maya is a five-year-old girl in her school’s reception class. Her teacher notices that she exhibits several distinctive behaviours. During conversations, Maya avoids eye contact and, instead of asking for a snack, she repeatedly chants a slogan from a television commercial she heard earlier. At recess, Maya often approaches other children and talks at length about washing machine spin cycles, completely failing to notice when they look bored or walk away. Additionally, she insists on walking along the exact same yellow line painted on the playground every afternoon, becoming highly agitated and screaming if another child blocks her path.
Outline what is meant by the 'triad of impairments' in autism. Refer to the description of Maya in your answer.
49 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Development of social cognition. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.