Biomedical Advances in Developmental Psychology: The Case of Fragile X Syndrome 9 V. ... BIOMEDICAL ADVANCES IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: The Case of Fragile X Syndrome Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited cause of mental retardation. ...
., neurological growth) allows cognitive advancements to take place, and increases in the ability to look at situations from multiple perspectives (a cognitive ability) make possible more effective in creating social relationships. ... Children are generally healthier at this stage than during any other developmental stage although respiratory illness is common. ... The main theory of cognitive development was developed by Jean Piaget, a Swiss developmental psychologist interested in the intellectual development of children and concluded that children were not less intelligent than adults, th...
As multiple works have been published it is evident that the nature-nurture debate has been very controversial in the areas of personality, psychopathology, and intelligence (the focus of this paper). ... In response to this idea, the need and desire to understand the predispositions of success in life led to the increased research in the field of developmental psychology. ...
The field of educational technology has links that go back for almost a hundred years, at least to the museum movement in the early part of the 20th century. The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the fi...
Many see it as a primarily economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. However, one can also point to a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation. The sociologist, Anthony Giddens, defines globalisation as a decoupling of space and time, emphasising that with instantaneous communications, knowledge and culture can be shared around the world simultaneously. A Dutch academic who maint...
