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MOWHAWK1982
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07 Jun 2014, 6:50 pm

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:
marshall wrote:
Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:
Try googling "higher order theory of mind" -- "higher order" is the usual term I've seen for what you're talking about.

The problem with those "higher order theory of mind" tests is they get overly complicated to the point where you aren't testing theory of mind so much as the ability to parse out complicated grammatical constructions. Then it becomes more a test of reading comprehension and working memory which people on the spectrum might fail at for reasons other than theory of mind deficits.


I agree -- those questions seem more like verbal IQ test questions than anything else. My short-term memory is so bad I can't do many of the higher order ones on that basis alone.


Some people are obsessed with turning anything into a matter of IQ and maturity. :roll: It is verbal capability and has nothing to do with intelligence. :roll: