Chapter 2

Personality is very unique, interesting, and important. Yet so hard to understand.

I personally believe that before you can define who you are and what your strengths are. You need to understand your personality. We all have personality traits and characteristics, and it varies from person to person. Also, different personality traits explains why there are so many similarities between groups of people. The more you have in common with someone the easier it is to get along with them.

It seems to me that we usually become very observant of people around us especially of those whom we want to interact with. I find that when we are trying to understand ones personality we automatically refer to a few things, such as, attitude, behavior, and character . Which can either be good or bad. For example, if someone's rude all the time then I personally just think they have an undesirable personality. While on the other hand if someone has admirable demeanor have a good personality.

There have been so many definitions about personality nowadays. It's so hard to understand the general concept behind it all.

Now, of course, there are many things that lead up to how our personality develops throughout our life. We are all born with that unique genetic blueprint, which lays out our basic characteristics as well as our physical health and appearance. Just Like the article sense of self states “Any parent knows that personality is not something that comes on gradually with age, but instead seems to be present from birth.”

As one is developing in the womb, biologically you are being created with not only specific physical characteristics but specific genes that you will carry on throughout your whole life from the moment you are born. Prenatal development takes an average of 38 weeks which are separated in three periods. In period one of pre-natal development, called the zygote, the egg is fertilized by the sperm and the two independent sets of 23 chromosomes are interchanged thus developing a new human being! Period two, called the embryo, occurs once the zygote is completely embedded in the uterine wall. This is when body structure and internal organs begin to develop as well as physical characteristics such as the eyes, jaw, arms, and legs. The last period, called the fetus, is the final phase of prenatal development in which the baby becomes larger and the bodily systems begin to work. During this last phase the baby becomes independent and well prepared to come into the world.

For nearly all of history, sexual intercourse was the only way for an egg and sperm to unite and begin the development of a new human being but of course times have changed and this is no longer the only way.  Not everyone is lucky to easily have a baby if they choose. Some people can get pregnant without planning on it while others try so hard, but fail. These people who “fail” usually cannot conceive a child for some reason or another and in my opinion I think that it is so great that scientists have found ways to help these people because not being able to reproduce can be very heartbreaking. The pros to the new ways of conception nowadays is that it gives everyone hope, such as in vitro fertilization, which I don’t think has any cons because there is no harm in taking an egg and sperm and uniting them in a petri dish then putting it in the uterus for the couple who cannot seem to concept through sexual intercourse. The only con that I could think of in other ways of conception such as a surrogate or sperm/egg donors are the people who actually help others. Those people later on might regret donating, thinking that it was “their” baby and belongs to “them.” Although I don’t think that these people should regret for they are doing something so wonderful, but not everyone will have the same mindset as myself and I have not been through it so I am not one to judge.