and a greater sense of the faux pas

[sweetwater]

Perhaps surprisingly, given the importance of conformity as a theoretical construct in social psychology and the profound implications autism has for social function, little research has been done on whether autism is associated with the propensity to conform to a social majority. This study is a modern, child-friendly implementation of the classic Asch conformity studies. The performance of 15 children with autism was compared to that of 15 typically developing children on a line judgement task. Children were matched for age, gender and numeracy and literacy ability. In each trial, the child had to say which of three lines a comparison line matched in length. On some trials, children were misled as to what most people thought the answer was. Children with autism were much less likely to conform in the misleading condition than typically developing children. This finding was replicated using a continuous measure of autism traits, the Autism Quotient questionnaire, which showed that autism traits negatively correlated with likelihood to conform in the typically developing group. This study demonstrates the resistance of children with autism to social pressure.

http://aut.sagepub.com/content/early/20 ... 3.abstract

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comment:

interesting that this represents a much higher degree by which this group to not be misled
and the criteria by which this group relates fewer false beliefs

and a greater sense of independence and better suited in representations
that display their abilities and not their deficits

and different methods of learning
benefiting in a more independent representation

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and a greater sense of the faux pas
not only in the display of it (to satisfy social norms particularized by a society obsessed with grotesque representations of democratic process - but elicit them as well)

[sweetwater]

i need some dadio editorial advice
to deal with a misplaced bracket