Description
Two identical brothers were raised in the same household by parents who strive to treat them equally. One brother grows up to be a successful attorney and the other grows up to be an unemployed petty criminal. in their senior years, the prosperous citizen enjoys tranquil aging with his family and grandchildren while the other dies in despair years earlier. How might a psychologist begin to address this paradox? how do you think Kohlberg, Erikson, Piaget and other development psychologists explain this issue?
due date: June 30. Chapter 10
Unformatted Attachment Preview
Purchase answer to see full attachment
Explanation & Answer
Running head: PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Personality Development
Institutional Affiliation
Date
1
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
2
In many respects, identical brothers have distinct personalities even if they share the same
genetic makeup. Previously it has been a mystery to behavioral geneticists how such individual
differences emerge even where the children have been brought up in the same environment.
However, today scientists have discovered how life experiences can have an effect on the
development of the brain and thus explaining how differences in personality evolve.
Scientifically, phenotype should not be the right term to refer to monozygotic twins
owing to among other rea...