Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity

This chapter was very intriguing to say the least. I learned a lot more than i thought i would take in in one chapter so i had to go back a couple times to process all of it. I really enjoyed learning about the twins. When asked about fraternal and identical twins to be honest with you i really had no idea, but didn't really care because a twin is a twin. Now when someone asks i will know what they are talking about. I was also shocked to learn about heredity. I knew heredity was responsible for physical things such as looks, height, and all of that, but i also thought that heredity was responsible for how we act as well. People always say that if their parents are outgoing so might there kid. However, it is untrue. The fact that we are outgoing or shy or any of those characteristics come from our culture and environment we live in and not our parents at all! Shocking! I also really liked learning about our culture norms. What is acceptable in one area of the world may be completely inappropriate in another area. I'm considering testing some of them out because i found it pretty interesting.

This chapter had a lot of things that shocked me. The hereditary part of this chapter completely shocked me. Other things shocked me, but i think i was more surprised only because i had a different opinion on them. I didn't agree with the fact that our society depicts males as more dominant, I personally feel that women have equal power, but i know that is not how society depicts it unfortunately. So maybe it was more or less shocked, but i think just opinionated.

This chapter was really good to read being on our senior year when we are getting ready for higher education and being out on our own we really begin to test everything that our parents have either tried teaching us or have passed down by genetics. The nature/nurture issue was very intriguing!