Later-born siblings seem to have an advantage in the ________ as ...

[jho37]

Later-born siblings seem to have an advantage in the ________ as evidenced by ________.
 
  a. social sphere; their greater confidence in social situations
  b. area of motivation; their better grades
  c. attention sphere; the degree of parental attachment
  d. area of compliance; the punishments they receive

Question 2

What is plasticity, and when does it begin to decline?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[ririgirl15]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

Plasticity is the limited ability of regions for the cerebral cortex to take on specialized linguistic, sensory, and other information processing activity. Plasticity of the brain is apparent in infancy and declines toward the end of childhood, although considerable plasticity is still evident in mature adult brains.

[jho37]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[bulacsom]

Great answer, keep it coming