How does the Telephone Game support the double empathy problem theory?

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The question asks how the Telephone Game supports the double empathy problem theory. In this case, only one answer option is provided, so we will analyze that statement and also note the absence of the other choices.
Option presented: 'B. It shows that communication is most accurately understood and transmitted between people who share the same neurotype.'
First, consider what the double empathy problem theory claims: difficulties in social understanding arise not only from autistic individuals navigating a neurotypical world, but also from neurotypical individuals having trouble interpreting autistic perspectives. It emphasizes reciprocal misunderstanding across neurotypes rather than a single-group accuracy.
Now, evaluating the option itself: the claim that communication is most accurately understood between people who share the same neurotype would suggest high accuracy within a homogeneous group, which could be seen as demonstrating that mismatches across neurotypes reduce accuracy. However, this does not directly demonstrate the core idea of double empathy, which specifically centers on mutual misunderstanding between different neurotypes, not just superior accuracy within the same type.
Furthermore, the Telephone Game (a chain of word-of-mouth transmission) typically illustrates how messages degrade or distort as they pass through successive listeners. If the premise were that same-neurotype pairs communicate more accurately, that would imply that cross-neurotype communication is less reliable, aligning with a surface-level intuition about miscommunication but not addressing the reciprocal nature of the double empathy problem across neurotypes. The double empathy framework would require evidence showing that both autistic and neurotypical communicators struggle to understand each other, not just that one group's internal communication is clearer.
In terms of potential misconceptions, one might assume that any improvement in cross-neurotype understanding would negate double empathy, but the theory emphasizes reciprocal misunderstanding rather than unilateral difficulty. The option as stated would need to explicitly connect within-group accuracy to cross-group misunderstandings to truly support the double empathy concept.
Because we do not have additional options to compare, it is not possible to weigh this choice against alternatives that might more directly articulate reciprocal miscommunication, mutual perspective-taking, or cross-neurotype transmission dynamics. Without those, we can only assess this option on its own merit and its alignment with the double empathy framework.
In summary, while the idea that same-neurotype communication is more accurate might superficially relate to reduced cross-neurotype clarity, it does not robustly or directly demonstrate the double empathy problem as a theory about reciprocal misunderstanding between autistic and neurotypical individuals. The missing options would be crucial to determine whether a statement more precisely captures the theory’s emphasis on bidirectional perspective-taking and mutual miscommunication across neurotypes.

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How does the Telephone Game support the double empathy problem theory?

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