Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity

I found this chapter very interesting, I was able to learn a lot about twins, gender roles, and how cultures affect the way we live. One thing that I learned in this chapter was how cultue and child-rearing has changed over time. A century and a half ago children were taught to be true to your traditions, be obedient, and to respect your parents and people who are older than you. Now they are taught to be true to yourself, you are responsible for yourself, and to follow your conscience. I found this suprising because I didn't think that things have changed that much, yes my parents teach me to be true to myself and all that, but I am also taught to respect my parents and people who are older than me. I also learned that men are more likely to talk to a woman than they are to another man. I found this interesting because I always thought that men talked to men, but I can understand why they would talk to women because women are more nurturing. I also learned that although identical twins have the same genes they don't have the same number of copies of genes, and that is why one twin always seems to get more sick than the other one. I found that interesting because identical twins have the same everything, so I assumed that they had the same number of copies of genes.
In this chapter a lot of things suprised me, but one thing that sticks out in my mind is the whole personal space thing. This suprised me because before I read about it, I never noticed how much some people invade others personal space. I didn't do the test where you talk to someone and get closer to them because I like to keep my own personal space.