Monday, October 1, 2012
Reflection Week 2
I would have to say that nature vs. nurture is one of the most intriguing topics to me. I wonder all of the time how much of myself is due to my genes or my environment. Would I be the same no matter where or how I grew up? Could I have been the same person had I had slightly different genes, but the same experiences? As the article and the chapter readings have taught us, there is no way to be absolutely sure where our traits come from. I do feel with a good understanding of what someone has been through and knowing their family history, you can have a pretty good idea (on a general level) of what about them is due to genetics and what is due to their environment. A positive note that I like to focus on is that no matter what your genes say, your environment can counter act a lot of that. It comes back to the idea that you may not be able to pick your parents, but you get to pick your friends!
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That was very interesting,thank you. I grew with a brother that was raised the same as me. The differences that I went through as a teenager was different then my brothers. I was a very rebellious, do as I please kind of kid and my brother was just the opposite. I use to tease him about how much of a "suck up" he was to our parents. He could do no wrong! As I grew up I matured and got on the straight and narrow, but the real interesting thing was that my brother starting being the irresponsible, rebellious one the older he got. It was as if he had a delay in being a teenager. I went through all my trials and tribulations as a teenager and my brother went through them as a young adult. So it is true about the environment's influences, but I feel that your gene's still have a bigger play it what and who you become.
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ReplyDeleteI strongly believe that no matter what your genes are, you will become a different person if you grow up in different places. You might have the same personality traits but I believe the environment you grow up in shapes the person you are or become. If you grew up somewhere completely different than you did, you would have been introduced to different experiences. Although you'd have the same genes passes down from your parents, you’re environment plays a huge role on who you become.
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