Heredity-Environment -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, [5] ]

Subject: Heredity-Environment

Author:
Danielle Murphy

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 18:07:49 01/27/08 Sun

Reading about heredity-environment and the adoptive studies this week made me ponder characteristics and traits that my sister sometimes exhibits. My sister and I are half-sisters through the same mother. My father adopted my sister when she was three and my sister has never spent any time with her biological father (she knows his name, but knows nothing about him or his whereabouts). There are certain physical traits that we share and are obviously handed down from our mother. But there are other traits that she has (such as her dark thick hair and body build) that no one else in our family exhibit. I often wonder if some of her unique personality traits came from her biological father or if other environmental factors have played a stronger role. Although having a half-sibling is not the same as a truly adoptive sibling, it does raise questions about missing pieces of the biological puzzle when one parent is completely out of the picture.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]