Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Eakin, K. Deborah
Committee Member
Jacquin, M. Kristine
Committee Member
Fee, E. Virginia
Date of Degree
8-11-2007
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
We investigated whether a child with Asperger?s Syndrome would demonstrate deficits in awareness of cognitive processing similar to those demonstrated for awareness of social interactions. The cognitive processes examined were memory and metamemory, or knowing about knowing. With regard to procedural metamemory, the child was unable to accurately predict his own memory, particularly which items he would not be able to recall. Declarative metamemory also was impaired. Tasks requiring imitation of the researcher or that were largely nonverbal resulted in particularly poor performance. The findings indicate that the child?s social deficits related to Asperger?s Syndrome extended to the cognitive domain. Overall, a deficit in cognitive awareness was observed.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15381
Recommended Citation
Bell, Jacqueline Brooks, "Asperger's syndrome and metamemory:how well can one child predict his knowledge of the world around him?" (2007). Theses and Dissertations. 737.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/737