Question

Based on the distinction between experience-expectant and experience-dependent plasticity, can you think of actions or toys and activities which might not make any helpful difference for children?

Answer 1

In experience expectant learning, the child will get visual , auditory cues or images on sensitive period which can stimulate neural rewiring of pathways. For example, a child getting toys of different colour,.shape ,.this act as stimulus for brain to form visual motor pathways and leads to plastic changes in brain to respond to such stimuluses.

In experience dependent learning, there is unexpected stimulus or events which helps for neural plasticity throughout the lifespan. For example, a carpenter son, who used to see.different architecture of woods, will learn from his experience, how to make furnitures.

So actions or experience helps for experience dependent neuroplasticity , and toys helps for experience expectant neuroplasticity