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ERIC Number: EJ1213582
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-May
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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Intuitive Moral Reasoning in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Matter of Social Schemas?
Schaller, Ulrich Max; Biscaldi, Monica; Fangmeier, Thomas; Tebartz van Elst, Ludger; Rauh, Reinhold
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v49 n5 p1807-1824 May 2019
Using a schema-theoretical perspective in the field of moral cognition, we assessed response behavior of adolescent (n = 15) and adult (n = 22) individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in comparison with adolescent (n = 22) and adult (n = 22) neurotypically developed controls. We conceptualized the Intuitive Moral Reasoning Test--in five moral dilemmas, participants had to choose between two alternative actions and assess their decision with respect to emotional valence, arousal, moral acceptability and permissibility from both the perspective of the acting person and then of the victim. Patients with ASD displayed a different decision and response behavior, particularly when the dilemmas were based on extreme life situations in combination with a social schema involving close social relationships.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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