Identical Twins In Heredity Or Environment
I found the segment in our book, “Heredity or Environment? The case of Jack and Oscar, Identical Twins,” to be very captivating. Twins Oscar and Jack were separated as infants, and although the twins had close to the same genetic makeup, the separation caused the brothers to develop drastically different values, morals, and views on life. The reason for this difference comes down to the fact that they were raised in fairly opposite environments, having dissimilar social experiences. Jack’s upbringing taught him to hate Hitler and Nazis and love his Jewish ethnicity. Oskar, growing up with a strictly Catholic mother, was brought up to believe the opposite of his twin brother. Oskar grew to love Hitler and hate Jews. He was totally unaware that