dc.contributor.supervisor |
Martin, Garry (Psychology) |
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dc.contributor.author |
Roy-Wsiaki, Genevieve
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dc.date.accessioned |
2010-04-09T13:36:08Z |
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dc.date.available |
2010-04-09T13:36:08Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010-04-09T13:36:08Z |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3943 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Researchers have hypothesized that for people with autism, the deficits in learning certain tasks may be a function of deficits in learning the prerequisite auditory, visual and motor discriminations. The Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities (ABLA) Test is a useful tool by which these discriminations are assessed. This study investigated whether performance on ABLA Level 6, an auditory-visual discrimination, predicts performance on a receptive language task with children with autism. Participants included five children who passed ABLA Level 6, four children who passed ABLA Level 4 but failed ABLA Level 6, and one child who passed ABLA Level 3 but failed ABLA Level 4. Standardized prompting and reinforcement procedures were used to attempt to teach each participant to respond correctly on ten name-recognition tasks. During a task pictures of two objects were placed in randomly alternated left-right positions, and a child was required to point to the picture that was named. Training on a task continued until either a pass or a fail criterion was met, whichever came first. Three of the Level 4 participants passed all ten of the picture name recognition tasks, and one passed eight of the ten tasks. The Level 3 participant passed two of the ten tasks. All five of the Level 6 participants passed all picture name recognition tasks. The difference in performance between children at ABLA Level 4 and Level 6 was not significant at the .05 level. These results suggest that children with autism at ABLA Level 4 or 6 are approximately equally capable of learning receptive name recognition tasks. |
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295280 bytes |
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application/pdf |
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dc.language.iso |
en_US |
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dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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dc.subject |
Assessment of basic learning abilities test |
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dc.subject |
Language development |
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dc.subject |
Autism |
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dc.title |
Does performance on the ABLA test predict receptive name recognition in children with autism? |
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dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
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dc.degree.discipline |
Psychology |
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dc.contributor.examiningcommittee |
Yu, Dickie (Psychology)
Hrycaiko, Dennis (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) |
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dc.degree.level |
Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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dc.description.note |
May 2010 |
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