Eveolving family

Question 1

Research generally suggests that children raised in families headed by same-sex partners experience development in ways that are

Answer 1

consistent with the development of children in traditional families.

Question 2

Yet, even in many Western societies, parenting roles are expanding to individuals outside the traditional

Answer 2

“mother and father” definition. both men and women in these families are becoming parents in increasing numbers, through either childbirth or adoption

Question 3

The degree to which the brain can be modified through experience.

Answer 3

Plasticity

Question 4

Early plasticty allows

Answer 4

the brain to interact with environment

Question 5

Brain plasticty benefits

Answer 5

-makes it more possible to reassign function in the case of brain damage or injury

Question 6

The brain’s plasticity in infancy and early childhood also makes it susceptible to

Answer 6

environmental influences