"In my field of systems architecture, my analytical precision is highly valued; I have an exceptional IQ and can solve complex algorithmic problems in seconds. Yet, when I sit in face-to-face team briefings, I am completely blind to the silent cues. If a client looks at me with an expression of skepticism or subtle boredom, I fail to register it at all. It is as if the upper half of their face conveys a language I have never been taught. I often wish social cues were as explicit as a line of programming code."
Describe Baron-Cohen et al.'s (1997) study into autism in adults (the original 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test) and briefly explain how its findings relate to the extract above.
47 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Understanding disorders, covering Freud (1909): Little Hans and Baron-Cohen et al. (1997): Autism in adults. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.