Thursday, February 4, 2010
Similarities
Hello all, I hope this semester is going as planned for everyone. I have enjoyed a lot of the topics we have covered so far in class. I feel that this most recent on siblings and twins has a special place for me. I have two twin sisters and two twin boy cousins. So I see a lot of the similarities and differences that take place with siblings. My cousins are Identical as well are my sisters, and in both circumstances I feel that there is one that stands out more then the other in different aspects of life. There is one that is a little more talented in sports and one that is a little more outgoing when it comes to certain things. In most circumstances that person who is a standout in athletics is the same person that is a little more outgoing as well. I wonder if that is because the sibling feels that they don't have the spot light in sports thus they feel that no one would see them as a outgoing person in the social scene. But as time has gone on the roles have been reversing. The one that in the beginning was the more shy one, now has all the friends and is excelling at a different sport then the other. Take my sisters for example. Taylor has the ability to go anywhere and cheer for a college team. They cheer competitively for a gym in raleigh. While Taylor is on all the best teams and over all she is on 7. Haley is on all the best teams to but not in the front where everyone can see her. Taylor is the flyer, while Haley is the base in most all the stunts. While they moved into highschool this year, Haley has been playing volleyball. Thus volleyball practice started a few weeks before school this year, helping Haley to meet people before Taylor did. Now making her the more shy and not so outgoing person. But Haley now has all these friends and is the outgoing one leaving her sister behind. I feel that they aren't any different, but that they are just catching up to one another at different times. This makes the talk about environment having more of a role on similarities between siblings seem a lot more possible then it is learned.
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Bobby,
ReplyDeleteIt seems that you have a lot of respect for your sisters, it really comes out in your post here.
You wrote that your example shows that the environment has more of a role in shaping personality than "it is learned." Isn't the environment what teaches us?
It seems that you are arguing against the genetic claims of the studies mentioned in discussion since your sisters are so different. It's interesting that you've noticed the way that their personalities have evolved as they've aged. What role does experience play in the developement of our self concept?
Jacob