Case Discussion Beal’s syndrome (OMIM # 121050) is a disorder of connective tissues. The syndrome was first explained by Beal’s and Hecht in 1971. It is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder that is characterized by multiple flexion contractures‚ arachnodactyly‚ severe kyphoscoliosis‚ abnormal pinnae and muscular hypoplasia. It is caused by a genetic mutation in FBN2 gene (encoding the extracellular matrix micro fibril fibrillin 2) on chromosome 5q23. The FBN2 gene provides instructions for
Premium Genetics DNA Gene
Piaget’s Theorist Research Paper Early Life Piaget was born in Switzerland August 9‚ 1896; was a Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher known for his epistemological studies with children. His theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemology". Wikipedia He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Neuchatel 1918 Also the University of Zurich‚ Piaget study children as well as learning different things by observing
Premium Developmental psychology Jean Piaget Psychology
Piaget‚ Bandura‚ Bowbly and Vygotsky Development is about the customary way that a child acts (Bruce & Meggit‚ 2006). Child development is multidisciplinary. Several researches have put forward theories on the way children developed. These can be divided into the psychoanalytical theories‚ the learning theories‚ and the cognitive development theories. In this assignment‚ I will explain a number of these theories by showing what the theorists had developed. Jean Piaget: (Cognitive-development
Premium Theory of cognitive development Developmental psychology Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget and his Cognitive Development Theory One of the most seminal thinkers in childhood development is none other than Jean Piaget himself. Jean Piaget lived from 1896 to 1980 and based most of his psychological research on the development of children. Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland on the 8th of August 1896. Even though Piaget was born in Switzerland and his parents were both of Swiss heritage he unusually spoke fluent French. Piaget as a child grew up enjoying biology and the natural
Premium Theory of cognitive development Jean Piaget
Angelman Syndrome By Ciera Carr Dr. Glimps 2006 Carr 1 Ciera Carr Dr. Glimps Research Paper Angelman Syndrome Angelman syndrome is a genetic disorder that is caused by a couple of different attributes. The first one is “a deletion on chromosome 15 of maternal origin or paternal uniparental disomy”(Curfs‚ 2004‚ p. 1263). There has also been found that some people with the disorder have no deletion on the chromosome at all. Angelman syndrome was first discovered in 1965 by a doctor
Premium Communication Mental retardation
background Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was actually not a psychologist at first; he dedicated his time to mollusc research. In fact‚ by the time he was 21 he’d already published twenty scientific papers on them! He soon moved to Paris‚ and got a job interviewing mental patients. Before long‚ he was working for Alfred Binet‚ and refining Burt’s reasoning test. During his time working at Binet’s lab‚ he studied the way that children reasoned. After two years of working with children‚ Piaget finally realised
Premium Jean Piaget Theory of cognitive development
practical purpose (Oxford Dictionary‚ 2015). Jean Piaget (1896-1980) defined play as the child’s efforts to make environmental incentive to match his or her own concepts‚ children adjust and build their mental structures to suit what they are experiencing which he called adaption. Piaget believed that children actively construct their own cognitive worlds and are not just passive receivers of information. There are four key concepts that relate to Piagets theory‚ they are: I. Schema: This is a mental
Premium Developmental psychology Jean Piaget Theory of cognitive development
Cotard syndrome was named after Jules Cotard. A French neurologist he called the condition le délire de négation (“negation delirium”). There are multiple levels from mild to severe. Cotard had formed a new type of depression‚ where one denies their own existence. When the area of the brain that recognizes faces is disconnected‚ with the area that associates emotions with those faces. This can also be caused from major depression with psychotic features‚ schizophrenia‚ or organic
Premium Psychosis Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia
Myelodysplastic syndromes have historically been subjected to incomplete definitions and biologic understanding of disease.1‚2 With the better understanding of this disease by morphology‚ cytogenetic evaluation and molecular testing it is now easier to categorize this disease. Myelodysplastic syndrome could not be described as a distinct syndrome until the first half of the 20th century when bone marrow biopsies were started in routine. Still‚ early suggestive reports can be found in the medical
Premium Hematology Bone marrow Red blood cell
22q11.2 deletion syndrome‚ several tests have to be conducted in order to determine if this is in fact the cause. With our proband‚ it is clear that this is a case of familiar inheritance. As a clinician‚ is it important to start by asking about the patient’s current and past medical history‚ history of present illness‚ developmental and social functioning and obstetric history so we can get a more in depth understanding of the patient’s presentation (“22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome”‚ 2016). A physical
Premium Medicine Patient Health care