An Exploration of Deferred Imitation in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Jennifer
dc.contributor.supervisorRoberts, Jillian
dc.contributor.supervisorMacoun, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-26T18:13:24Z
dc.date.available2013-08-26T18:13:24Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-08-26
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore imitation in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by (a) examining the ability of children with ASD to engage in deferred imitation, as compared to typically developing (TD) children; (b) determining the impact of differing time delays on the ability of children with ASD and TD children to imitate simple actions on objects; and (c) examining the role of a verbal prompt on the ability of children with ASD to engage in deferred imitation, as compared to TD controls. Additionally, the role of language in deferred imitation was explored. Participants included 15 children with ASD and 15 TD children. Participants observed object oriented actions and were given the opportunity to imitate spontaneously. Those participants who did not imitate spontaneously were given a verbal prompt and a further opportunity to imitate. Participants with ASD demonstrated fewer spontaneous and total (i.e. spontaneous and prompted) imitations and took more time to do so at a short and a longer time delay, as compared to TD participants. Participants with ASD were given more verbal prompts than TD participants at a short and a longer time delay. Language was related to deferred imitation at a short time delay for participants with ASD but not for TD participants and language was not related to deferred imitation at a longer time delay for either group.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0525en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0529en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4837
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectautismen_US
dc.subjectdeferred imitationen_US
dc.subjectspontaneous imitationen_US
dc.subjectprompted imitationen_US
dc.subjectlanguage and imitationen_US
dc.titleAn Exploration of Deferred Imitation in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorderen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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