Is there a direct connection between genetics and the behavior of children, adults,etc.?

Question

Is there a direct correlation between the two. As everyone knows DNA and RNA sequencing are wrapped into the genetic outcome of offspring. As these give rise to the physical traits we all endure, my question is do we retain the memories and thoughts of our mother and fathers within that genetic code, and if so is that a reason for the a persons individual personality? In my belief how we are raised brings out vice or virtue, what I dont understand is if the memories of our guardians directly contributes to the psychological phenomena we know as the our consiousness. I know about the chemicl romance that governs our decisions that is related to genetics but do we un-conciously generate our mother and fathers memories to influence our decisions in life?

Answer 1

If I get this, you are basically asking if Behavior, Personality and Memories are passed on through the genetic makeup of a person to an offspring.

An individual's behavior in a social situation (interaction with other people) is determined by both genetic and environmental factors:

Behavior is determined by the individual's personality, by the personalities of other individuals, and by his (her) real-life situation (present-day environment).

I found that at this place and then I found this at some other place:
Well, it has been proposed that there is something called genetic memory, but the VAST MAJORITY of people educated in cell biology and genetics (like yourself) don't buy into it... Neither do I...

Neuroscientists generally accept the idea that memory or any type of learning for that matter is achieved according to Hebb's postulate--that more efficient firing between adjacent neurons occurs upon repeated stimulation--thus, you learn or you remember... Some individuals have claimed that memories are actually stored in altered genes--which, in my opinion, is completely absurd... The only cells that have been known to actively mutate their DNA are T cells and B cells (for production of TCR's and immunoglobulins respectively).

So, I am in accord with most scientists in that "genetic memory" does not exist...

To wrap it up, personality traits like intelligence are very much genetic. But when it comes to a genetic memory, it doesnt exist.

Answer 2

Your conciousness as anybody else is not psychological phenomena.Your decisions as anybody else are not governed by chemicl romance. Yes, we follow our mothers and fathers example to make decisions in life. This is not connected to genetics. We also follow dozens if not hundreds other people that are not our parents. Almost totally unaware about this. But when You know about it -- You can free yourself from this.

Answer 3

Behavior is connected to innate feelings, learning, and morality in question. However when these are surpassed we refer back to the parental past. The things are parents have been through are genetically encoded. Like ourselves it is up to us to question the correct response. It begs the question if our father did nothing, and our mother did the same, what would we do? This of course does not encompass the random answer. Which is accredited to the abstractness of the very human brain. So if they have been through it. We have been through it. But if we go through something else does it add to the parents natural responses. Would it create a sort of ghostly mutation in their encoding. Or simply a psychological imprinting of the new event in question.

Answer 4

There is a connection.
As a matter of fact, every person is composed of what he/ she was born and his/ her influence from/ to the environment!