Click here to play the Pavlov’s Dog game and access related reading based on some of the scientific achievements of Ivan Pavlov, who was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Even though the first image that comes to mind with Ivan Pavlov is his drooling dogs, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his pioneering studies of how the digestive system works.
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), as a measure of autistic traits in adults.
Click here to link to the test. The average score from a control group was 16.4, and 80% of those with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher.
This is not a diagnostic test – and many people who score above 32 and who meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger’s have no difficulty in functioning in their everyday lives.
Test yourself here
Click on this link to find your A Level Exam Timetable for all of your subjects.
A Levels qualifications are called GCEs
N.B. Psychology students from Joseph Wright, Derby College need to select OCR as the awarding body.
AS: Psychology Unit G541: Psychological Investigations & Unit G542: Core Studies