Faculty Mentor
Debra Spear
Abstract
Two disorders that have increased in diagnosis and in media awareness in the past two decades are Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and autism. Psychologists use priming as a tool to test availability of schemas and concepts. The current study focuses on how priming of ADHD and autism symptoms affects college students’ diagnoses of the corresponding disorder. Also considered is that the control group will diagnosis ADHD more often because of the vast media awareness of ADHD today. The participants in this study were male and female undergraduates at South Dakota State University. There was no significance found for the two hypotheses in this study.
Recommended Citation
Gilley, Caitlen and Stertz, Sarah
(2011)
"How Priming of Behavioral Symptoms May Affect College Students’ Decision to Diagnose,"
The Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 9, Article 7.
Available at:
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/jur/vol9/iss1/7