Chapter ten is about the argument of nature versus nurture in psychology. In this chapter they start out with the story of the Genian quadruplets. They were four identical quadruplets girls, and all suffered from schizophrenia. But what was really interesting to me is how the four girls developed. Although they all suffered from the same disease, they developed it at different times, and with much different severities. That is interesting because from my prior knowledge of psychology, which isn't much, I would have figured they would have developed the disease at same and at the same time. To me it's obvious that it must have been their environments that cause this difference in the four, because what else was different? Because they were all genetically equal. As I read farther in the book, I realized this did not necessarily have to be true, that there were arguments against it. As the book later explained, there can be developments in the embryo that can cause differences in kids. That could explain why they were different, because they came out seventeen minutes apart. But I just don't buy it, I feel like it must be from the environment they grew up in. That was the most interesting parts of the chapter to me, and if anyone has other solutions to why they developed differently, that would be great.
