Uncommitted Areas of the Brain Provide Infants with the Capacity

question 136

Multiple Choice

Uncommitted areas of the brain provide infants with the capacity to develop brain circuits that grow and change depending upon the experiences infants encounter as they develop. These uncommitted areas permit developmental plasticity, and depend heavily on:

• A) cultural influences.
• B) evolutionary influences.
• C) experience-expectant processes.
• D) experience-dependent processes.

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