Explain experience-expectant and experience-dependent development. In your explanation, be sure to include the role of synaptic pruning and synaptic growth, as well as the role of stimulation for the development of the young brain
What will be an ideal response?
--Experience-expectant development is development of universal skills in which excess synapses form and are pruned according to experience.
--Experience-dependent development is the development of specific skills in which new synapses form to code the experience.
--Stimulation from the environment has different effects depending on age, and can lead to either synaptic pruning or synaptic growth.
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