Chapter 4 reflections

By reading chapter 4, I realized that I really underestimated the power of genetics. For example, I learned is the fact that when children are adopted, their personalities resemble those of the biological parents. This is even true if the children never met their biological parents. I thought this was interesting because I always thought that personality was formed by nurture. However, the religious beliefs and manners resemble those of the adoptive parents. Another thought it was interesting learning about the theory of evolutionary psychology. I'm not sure if I agree with it or no, but it was strange thinking that our behaviors could be a direct effect of survival-of-the-fittest. Finally, I think that the idea of gender development was baffling. I always thought of men and women as almost two different species because of how we act. However, we are actually more similar than different.