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1. Autistic children were unable to answer the question through the eyes of where sally would believe the ball to be rather than where the ball is actually.
2. The reason which baron Cohen produced for this behaviour form an autistic children is because the lack of theory of mind. Unlike "normal" children they imagine themselves to be the doll.
3. The two other groups which the autistic children were compared to were Down syndrome children and "clinically normal" children.
4. Autistic children were compared with these two other groups of children to clearly identify whether it is the fact that they lack a theory of mind which causes them to answer incorrectly or is some other factor.
5. four behaviours which can be used to identity someone with autism would be
• Autistic children typically have difficulties in social interaction and in language and non-verbal communication,
• Have a restricted range of activities and interests.
• Some autistic children have additional......

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