It is interesting to see how heredity and environment woven together create the fabric of who a child becomes and how they behave. Laura E. Berk, the author of, EXPLORING LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT, explains the concept of gene-environment correlation as our genes influence the environments to which we are exposed; heredity and environment are correlated, and they cannot be detached once imprinted on a child (p. 55). When children are young their parents make available a setting that is strongly influenced by their own inheritance. It is often said that a child is a product of their environment. Bianca`s parents are accomplished musician, this explains why Bianca began taken piano lessons at age 4; this is called passive correlation because the child
