How heredity and environment influence behavior?

Answer 1

The combination of genes you inherit from your parents mainly determines your potential for development. If your parents and grandparents were all tall, for example, it would be very likely you could be tall as well. During your life, your environment can either promote or hinder your development. A lack of good food, for example, might stunt your growth.

Answer 2

Gene-environment interaction, nature vs nurture : are other headings underwhich the relation between heredity and environment is discussed: Key words for answering the question is: environome, meme and memetics (in contrast to gene and genetics) which is the carrier of cultural information as the gene is the carrier of biological information. The book the :Selfish gene by Richard Darwin is a must read for this topic. Also: Tomorrow's People: How 21st Century technology is changing the way we think and feel' : Susan Greenfield: The bottom line of all this: Never get trapped in the illusion that a gene makes you up: it is what you get exposed to, experience, feel, and allow yourself to become and do, that influence your personal evolution: one might carry a gene of genius, of evil, of an illness; but none will get expressed: none will manifest if not "watered" by the optimum environment. A rich, stimulating, advancement promoting (not necessarily competitive), caring, enjoyment rich environment is capable of conquering any gene of handicap and of bringing any gene of ability to its fruition.

Answer 3

There is some evidence for genetics in learning abilities. However nutrition, health, an environment conducive to learning, encouragement or help from family and access to educational resources all play a part.

Answer 4

Heredity, or the genes that we are handed down from our parents cannot be controlled (as of yet). We inherit certain genes from each of our parents at conception. This combination of genes creates a whole new genetic combination that is unique to the individual. The combination of genes

create physical traits that can be apparent or appear later in life. Some of these traits are affected by the environment. There are "factors" that determine if the trait will be apparent. A person that has a genetic disposition to Diabetes may not get the disease if they maintain a healthy diet throughout their life.

There are many traits that can be attributed to heredity. Freckles on a person's face can be attributed to a gene that one of the parents of this person was carrying. However, physical attributes are not the only traits that can be credited to our parent's genes. A person with anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and many other mental illnesses have a tendency to also have a family history of the illness. According to Morris and Maisto (2005), "Siblings of people with schizophrenia are about eight times more likely, and the children of schizophrenic parents about ten times more likely, to develop the disorder than someone chosen randomly from the general population." As with some physical traits, the predisposition to mental illness does not always dictate whether the person will get the disease. Having a blood relative with the disease just increases the chances that the same disease will be apparent within the same family.

Answer 5

Heredity and environment influence growth and development in a wide variety of ways that scientists and child development psychologists do not always agree about. Heredity refers to genetics, and the common nature versus nurture debate is a heated one.

Answer 6

Many studies have shown that personality is a result of genetics AND environment.

There are actually genetic disorders which cause people to have happy-go-lucky, extraverted dispositions (see Angel Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, Downs Syndrome). This is a result of certain genes being left-out of a gene sequence or altered. If a gene influences personality that much, it seems to imply, that genes have a part in personality development.

A study called Genetic and environmental influences on observed personality: Evidence from the German Observational Study of Adult Twins determined that personality is a result of "'''40% genetic, 25% shared environmental, and 35% non-shared environmental influence.''' Extraversion was the only trait that seemed not to be influenced by shared environment"

Answer 7

Heredity is believed by some researchers to put higher and lower limits on intellectual ability and societal norms conformity on human beings. Environment can also have an important effect on behavior. Tests have shown placing persons in a different environment has the potential of either improving the behavior in a more stabilized environment or debilitating it in a erratic and hostile one.

Answer 8

The environment has played a significant role in human development by providing either hardship or abundance. It has provided for the creation of cities and it has destroyed civilizations throughout human history. .

Answer 9

Heredity is what you receive from your parents' DNA. Environment is how the world around you acts upon you. For example, you might be a brunette from heredity but presently dark-blonde because of the bleaching effect of the sun.

Answer 10

An animal's genes and environment contribute to behavior in a number of ways. These features dictate how an animal is allowed to interact with its environment.