All of the Following Statements Are True About Hereditary Benign

question 5

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are true about hereditary benign intraepithelial dyskeratosis (HBID) EXCEPT:

• A) Patients develop medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.
• B) It shares the clinical appearance of white sponge nevus.
• C) Lesions on the conjunctiva develop early in life.
• D) It originated in northeastern North Carolina.

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Definitions:

Wellbeing

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Decentration

The cognitive ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously, crucial for developing logic in children.

Egocentric

A developmental stage where an individual is unable to differentiate between their own perspective and that of others, often seen in early childhood.

Concrete-Operational Children

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development (ages 7-12) where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.