Describe the five general principles that describe the brain's specialization as children develop
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will be similar to the following:
+ Specialization occurs early in development. Many brain regions are already specialized very early in infancy.
+ Specialization takes two specific forms. With development, regions active during processing become more focused and less diffuse. The kinds of stimuli that trigger brain activity shifts from being general to being specific.
+ Different brain systems specialize at different rates. Brain regions involving basic sensory and perceptual processes specialize before those involved in higher-order processes. Some areas aren't fully specialized until adulthood.
+ Successful specialization requires stimulation from the environment. Environmental influences lead to both experience-expectant and experience-dependent growth.
+ The immature brain's lack of specialization confers a benefit: greater plasticity. Younger children often recover more skills after brain injury than older children and adults because functions are more easily reassigned in the younger brain.
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